Italy

Photos and scans reveal abandoned ruins of Casa Sperimentale

February 22, 2019 India Block 0
Casa Sperimentale photgraphed by Andy Tye of French + Tye

The ruins of Casa Sperimentale, an experimental concrete treehouse built by Giuseppe Perugini and Uga de Plaisant, have been digitally recorded for a new exhibition. Patrick Weber and Sabine Storp, architects and researchers at The Bartlett, undertook the project in order to comprehensively document the architectural oddity, which is now in a precarious state. Weber

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Boxx Creative looks to outdoors for design of Italy’s Albergo Miramonti hotel

February 15, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Albergo Miramonti hotel, designed by Boxx Creative

The scenic landscape of a small town in northern Italy informed the interiors of this hotel, which London-based studio Boxx Creative has given a contemporary overhaul. Originally constructed back in 1958, Albergo Miramonti’s formerly “tired and dated” interiors have been revamped by Boxx Creative to feature a variety of calming, natural hues. “Albergo Miramonti provides

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Earthy tones complete La Ganea restaurant in northern Italy

February 1, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of La Ganea restaurant, designed by Studio Mabb

Studio Mabb used a humble material palette of plaster, timber, and iron to fashion the rustic interiors of this eatery in Brescia, Italy. The restaurant sits directly next to Palazzo Martinengo art museum and has been designed by Studio Mabb to feature an array of natural hues. Offering a relaxed menu of beer, burgers and pizza, the

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Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo build mountaintop shelter in Italian Alps

January 17, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti by Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo in the Italian Alps

Italian architects and researchers Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo have built a prefabricated shelter, named Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti, on the edge of a mountain peak in Valpelline, Italy. Located at an altitude of 3,290 metres in the Morion Ridge, the building was developed in collaboration with LEAPfactory for a group of local alpine guides who wanted

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Theatrical history informs Storagemilano’s overhaul of Bally showroom in Milan

December 26, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Gold doorways, amphitheatre-style display shelves and velvet furnishings appear in fashion label Bally’s showroom in Milan, which Italian studio Storagemilano has designed to hint at the building’s dramatic past. The 2,400 square-metre Bally showroom occupies a corner plot in Milan’s Porta Venezia district, displaying the luxury fashion brand’s seasonal collections at ground level and accommodating

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Studio Wok inserts home into stone barn in the Italian countryside

December 23, 2018 Jon Astbury 0
Country home in Chievo, Verona by Studio Wok

A neglected barn made from plaster-coated river pebbles on the outskirts of Verona has been transformed into a new country home by Milan-based Studio Wok. Part restoration and part modern insertion, Studio Wok described creating the county home in Chievo as a process of “subtraction” and “addition”. One of the studio’s first steps was to strip back the plaster

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Jean Nouvel renovates 17th-century palazzo for Rooms of Rome guest suites

December 21, 2018 Natasha Levy 0
Rooms of Rome guest suites designed by Jean Nouvel

French architect Jean Nouvel has carried out a subtle update of an old palazzo in Rome to form a series of guest rooms with dilapidated surfaces. The Rooms of Rome comprises of 24 guest suites set within a 17th-century palazzo in the city centre, all of which have been designed by Jean Nouvel to feature a

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