Italy

OMA adds white concrete gallery tower to Fondazione Prada art centre in Milan

March 6, 2018 India Block 0

OMA has added another building to its Fondazione Prada complex in Milan, a white concrete tower that will showcase a collection of contemporary art. Torre is the last of three new buildings that Rem Koolhaas’ firm has added to the former distillery compound where the Fondazione Prada art centre is located, in Largo Isarco, southern Milan. Koolhaas and colleagues Chris van

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Piuarch transforms abandoned aircraft factory into Gucci’s Milan headquarters

February 23, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Italian office Piuarch has converted a former aircraft manufacturing facility in Milan into fashion brand Gucci’s new headquarters, adding a glazed tower wrapped in metal sunscreens to the rows of the brick-clad hangars. The complex of warehouse buildings close to the city’s Linate airport was originally completed in 1915 to house the final assembly plant

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Pietro Airoldi transforms old Sicilian apartment into bright open-plan space

December 17, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Architect Pietro Airoldi left traces of old partition walls on the ceiling of this renovated 1930s apartment in Sicily as a reminder of its previous layout. Located on the fourth floor of a 1930s building in the centre of Palermo, the 110-square-metre apartment was originally laid out as a series of small rooms. Local firm Pietro Airoldi

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Pietro Airoldi transforms old Sicilian apartment into bright open-plan space

December 17, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Architect Pietro Airoldi left traces of old partition walls on the ceiling of this renovated 1930s apartment in Sicily as a reminder of its previous layout. Located on the fourth floor of a 1930s building in the centre of Palermo, the 110-square-metre apartment was originally laid out as a series of small rooms. Local firm Pietro Airoldi

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Patricia Urquiola renovates Cassina headquarters in Italy

December 14, 2017 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

Designer Patricia Urquiola has overhauled Cassina’s 1940s headquarters in Meda, northern Italy, to include a wall of plants and a cylindrical meeting space encased in metal panelling. Urquiola, who was appointed the brand’s art director in 2015, refreshed the old production facility to commemorate Cassina’s 90th anniversary. The headquarters are located in Italy’s Brianza area. It was originally

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Concrete machinery depot by Deamicisarchitetti is submerged in a hillside at La Raia estate

November 22, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This shed for storing heavy machinery at an estate in Italy’s Piedmont region is cut into a hillside and sheltered beneath a concrete overhang that swoops upwards to follow the site’s topography. The machinery depot designed by Milanese architecture studio Deamicisarchitetti is located on the estate of La Raia – a biodynamic farm and winery

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