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Studio Andrew Trotter transforms 19th-century school into family home in Puglia

March 2, 2023 Katie Last 0

Vaulted ceilings and earth-toned furnishings feature in this house in Puglia, which architecture practice Studio Andrew Trotter has converted from a 19th-century school. The home, named Casolare Scarani, transforms a girls’ school dating back to 1883 that was abandoned in the 1960s. Through its renovation, Studio Andrew Trotter aims to bring life back to the

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Tapering tower distinguishes South Tyrolean sports centre by MoDus Architects

February 26, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A geometric form built from exposed concrete defines the Fieldhouse sports centre, which Italian studio MoDus Architects has created in the South Tyrolean town of Laghetti. Overlooking a national park at the foot of Mount Corno in Italy, the leisure centre was designed to replace an old building on the site and provide the surrounding

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These A-Frame Cabins Were Built To Create An Eco-Hotel In Italy

February 23, 2023 Erin 0

Atelier LAVIT has sent us images of their latest project LILELO / Little Leisure Lodge, which is an eco-hotel made up of four independent cabins. Three of the cabins are dedicated to housing suites, with the fourth cabin acting as a common area with a generous outdoor space and a large kitchen. It was conceived […]

Vipp transforms 13th-century Italian palazzo into pop-up “liveable installation”

February 6, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Interior designer Julie Cloos Mølsgaard has created a pop-up hotel filled with Italian frescos and modern Scandinavian furniture for Danish homeware brand Vipp within Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy. The collaboration with Vipp saw the Palazzo Monti, which is an artist residency foundation hosted in a 13th-century palace, transformed into a hotel for guests to stay overnight. The

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Casa SM by Form_A reinterprets its historical Italian surroundings

February 3, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Minimal, white finishes emphasise the geometric form of this home in Melegnano, Italy, designed by local practice Form_A to reference the neighbouring historic buildings. Named Casa SM, the two-storey, two-bedroom home creates a new street corner between two existing building in the Milanese town. “The proposed intervention reconstrues the conditions of the context, reinterpreting its alignments

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Piuarch tops Fendi factory with green roof to blend into Tuscan landscape

January 26, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Italian architecture studio Piuarch has completed a production factory for fashion brand Fendi in Florence, which features a green roof to “look like a raised garden”. Located in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli, Piuarch collaborated with landscape architect Antonio Perazzi to design a factory that would resemble its surroundings. “The Fendi production building looks

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Fendi introduces modern furnishings to Rome’s historic Villa Medici

January 16, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Italian fashion brand Fendi has teamed up with the French Academy in Rome to refresh six salons inside the Villa Medici – a 16th-century Renaissance palace set amongst sprawling gardens in the heart of Rome. The villa has been home to the French Academy in Rome since 1803, and today is used by the French

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Carlo Ratti proposes “world’s largest urban solar farm” in Rome for World Expo 2030

January 10, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A large solar farm forms the centrepiece of Rome’s bid to host the World Expo in 2030, masterplanned by Carlo Ratti Associati with architect Italo Rota and urbanist Richard Burdett. If selected for the event, the mosaic-like structure would become “the world’s largest urban solar farm” and power the exhibition site in Rome with renewable

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Studio Andrew Trotter creates earth-toned villa from local sandstone in Puglia

January 5, 2023 Katie Last 0

Italian architecture practice Studio Andrew Trotter has completed an earth-toned villa named Casa Maiora that is made from sandstone sourced locally in Puglia, Italy. Located on an elevated site in Carovigno with views of the nearby sea, the house was influenced by the forms and colours of villas along the coast of Puglia. It is

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Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli unites old and new at town library in Italy

December 21, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Italian architecture studio Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli has completed the Brixen Public Library in South Tyrol, uniting a cluster of old civic buildings with a contemporary, angular addition. Overlooking Brixen’s central square alongside the town’s cathedral and Bishop’s Palace, the project combines three former finance, court and prison buildings. “This is not a library intended as

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