Italy Archives - Page 12 of 31

Arney Fender Katsalidis to transform Tuscolana railway site into low-carbon 15-minute city

August 19, 2021 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Campo Urbano masterplan for Rome by Arney Fender Katsalidis

Architect Arney Fender Katsalidis will transform a disused railway site in Rome into a low-carbon neighbourhood as part of the Reinventing Cities programme, which encourages cities to strive towards net-zero urban developments. The Campo Urbano proposal will see 24,000 square metres of former railway infrastructure around Rome’s Tuscolana station turned into a mixed-use development. The car-free

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Studio Wok designs cavernous pizza restaurant to recall rocky coves of Sardinia

August 12, 2021 Ali Morris 0

Studio Wok has completed Myrto, a pizzeria on Sardinia that is designed to reflect the island’s earth tones and wind-swept granite rocks. Located in the town of Porto Cervo on the Costa Smeralda, the restaurant resembles a cave with curved, sandy pink plaster walls, cement floors and arched window openings. The interior is a “tribute

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COS reflects 18th-century frescoes in Bolzano store with mirrors and mesh

August 8, 2021 Ali Morris 0

Fashion brand COS added an installation of mirrored plinths and display stands draped in layers of transparent mesh to enhance and contrast the interiors of the historic Palazzo Menz in Bolzano, Italy. COS’s in-house design team inserted the site-specific installation to showcase the brand’s latest collection in the opulent ballroom of the palazzo, which was built in

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SOM to design athletes’ village for 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics

August 5, 2021 Dan Howarth 0

Aerial view of proposed 2026 Olympic Village

Architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill has been chosen to design a mass-timber Olympic Village with “minimal environmental impact” for the winter Olympic games hosted in Milano-Cortina. Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) was selected following an international competition to complete the village, which will form part of the redevelopment of rail yards in Milan’s Porta Romana area. The

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NOA transforms 17th-century monastery near Lake Garda into hotel and spa

August 5, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Network of Architecture has turned a former monastery in Italy into the Monastero Arx Vivendi hotel by conserving and refreshing the interiors, and inserting a series of glazed spa rooms into its gardens. Italian studio Network of Architecture (NOA) worked closely with the Trento Office of Cultural Heritage to transform half of the 17th-century complex in Arco, near

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Stefano Boeri completes new entrance and walkway at Rome’s Domus Aurea

July 30, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Stefano Boeri Architetti has inserted an entrance kiosk and a pedestrian walkway that provides access to subterranean rooms within Rome’s historic Domus Aurea palace. The new entrance is situated within Oppian Hill Park and connects with the walkway that leads to the spectacular Octagonal Room almost six metres below. The palace built by Emperor Nero

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Bolza family turns 1,000-year-old Italian castle into Hotel Castello di Reschio

July 5, 2021 Dan Howarth 0

A 10th-century castle in the Umbrian hills has been restored and transformed into a hotel by Count Benedikt Bolza and his family, who created custom furniture for its 36 suites, restaurant and spa. Welcoming its first guests in spring 2021, Hotel Castello di Reschio comprises 30 suites within the historic castle. The hotel sits within the

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Ferrari unveils glossy lifestyle concept store designed by Sybarite

June 11, 2021 Ali Morris 0

Ferrari Maranello store interior by Sybarite

London architectural studio Sybarite has paid tribute to Ferrari’s legacy in the car brand’s lifestyle concept store, which features a scarlet glass wall that recalls a racetrack and a terracotta facade that nods to its Italian heritage. Revealed here in photographs shared exclusively with Dezeen, the store is arranged across a single open-plan floor in

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Zaha Hadid Architects set to design Italian Hyperloop system

June 9, 2021 James Parkes 0

London studio Zaha Hadid Architects has signed an agreement to develop a Hyperloop high-speed transport system across Italy. The studio announced that it will be collaborating with Hyperloop Italia to design the “next phase of works” for a planned near-supersonic network in the country. “We are looking forward to collaborating with Hyperloop Italia; marrying transformative architecture, engineering

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Dirk Somers creates fictional city from fifty recently completed Flemish buildings

June 9, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Venice Architecture Biennale - Belgian Pavilion 2021

Dirk Somers, founder of Antwerp studio Bovenbouw Architectuur, created a “fictional, yet recognisable” Flemish city named Composite Presence for the Belgian Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. Composite Presence was constructed from 50 models of recent projects in Brussels and Flanders – a region in northern Belgium – that were completed by 45 contemporary architecture studios

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