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Mario Cucinella Architects reveals semicircular hospital rising out of the ground in Cremona

December 14, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Italian studio Mario Cucinella Architects has unveiled its design for a hospital and health park in Cremona, Italy, which appears to rise out of the ground in concentric rings. The hospital will have a radial semicircular layout that rises to seven storeys and staggers to create roof terraces. A semicircular colonnade will stand opposite the hospital

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Humbert & Poyet sets up Beefbar restaurant inside 16th-century Milanese chapel

November 17, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Interior design duo Humbert & Poyet has delivered an opulent setting for the Milan outpost of high-end steakhouse Beefbar, taking over the former chapel of a 500-year-old seminary on Corso Venezia. The studio drew on the architecture of the historic building with its dramatic vaulted nave – recently restored as part of a seven-year renovation

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Daisuke Yamamoto presents recycled steel chairs under Milan railway arch

November 16, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Japanese designer Daisuke Yamamoto presented recycled steel chairs on podiums of the same material as part of an exhibition in Milan, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. Yamamoto’s Flow project explores ways to minimise industrial waste by focusing on a single material – light-gauge steel (LGS). Commonly used in construction as a

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A Modernist Residence In The Italian Countryside [Video]

November 13, 2023 HD Staff 0

Located in the Pianura Padana, or Padan Plain, Northern Italy, this 785-square-meter villa is designed to merge harmoniously with the surrounding natural environment. Created by Unica Architects, the single-story home cuts a sleek, white silhouette across the green plain at the urban edge of a small country town. Villa Orizzonte drinks in views of the […]

Patricia Urquiola converts historic palazzo into Six Senses Rome hotel

November 8, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Milan-based designer Patricia Urquiola has converted a palazzo in Rome into a hotel and spa, filled with circular elements and traditional Italian materials. The Six Senses Rome is located within the Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini, close to historic sites like the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain in the city centre. Adjacent to the Church of

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Ten rustic Italian interiors that evoke the history of the Mediterranean

October 29, 2023 Nat Barker 0

This lookbook collects 10 interiors in Italy with a distinctly rustic feel, including homes and hotels replete with wooden beams, cool stone and other rich textures. As well as being known for its contemporary furniture and lighting design, Italy is home to some of Europe’s oldest buildings and has numerous historic cities and villages. From

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Brutalist Italy book showcases “sometimes surprising” concrete architecture

October 5, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

A Star Wars-like cemetery extension and a cheese-shaped temple feature in this roundup, where photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego spotlight the best brutalist buildings from their book Brutalist Italy. The two photographers, who previously worked together on the book Soviet Asia, wanted to focus on how reinforced concrete architecture has developed in Italy after

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Cliffside hotel on Italy’s Amalfi Coast incorporates medieval stone defences

September 26, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

A 1960s Italian hotel and the historic coastal bulwarks below have been restored by architect Bonaventura Gambardella and interior designer Nikita Bettoni. The Borgo Santandrea hotel overlooks the historic fishing village of Conca dei Marini from its lofty position 90 metres above the sea on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. It sits above a series of medieval stone

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Jonathan Tuckey Design restores and extends traditional stone farmstead in Italy

September 4, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Jonathan Tuckey Design has renovated a former farmstead in northern Italy, restoring and extending a cluster of 19th-century stone buildings to create Cascina, a new home and studio. Stepping down a hillside in Italy’s North Piemonte Region the project, named Cascina – Italian for farmhouse – is comprised of three structures built from local Langa

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ElasticoFarm raises house on stilts around central void in Italian park

August 30, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Architecture studio ElasticoFarm has created a house on stilts around a suspended void nestled in the trees of a private park in Cambiano, a town to the southeast of Turin in northern Italy. Created as an independent new building alongside an existing 1970s house as a home for a young chef, ElasticoFarm’s intervention saw the

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