Italy

Rural Italian residence combines traditional stone exterior with contemporary details

September 10, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Italian studio GGA Architects has transformed the site of an old hilltop settlement in the country’s Marche region into a contemporary house comprising stone structures perched on a pigmented concrete plinth. AP House is situated on top of one of the highest hills in the area around the ancient walled city of Urbino, in the

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Pedevilla Architects adds angular blackened-larch extension to hotel in South Tyrol

September 9, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has completed an extension to a traditional Alpine hotel, comprising a monolithic blackened-timber volume with windows that jut from the walls and roof to optimise mountain views. Pedevilla Architects developed the six-storey extension for the Bühelwirt hotel, which is situated in the Ahrntal commune of northern Italy, just three kilometres from the Klausberg ski area.

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Pedevilla Architects adds angular blackened-larch extension to hotel in South Tyrol

September 9, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has completed an extension to a traditional Alpine hotel, comprising a monolithic blackened-timber volume with windows that jut from the walls and roof to optimise mountain views. Pedevilla Architects developed the six-storey extension for the Bühelwirt hotel, which is situated in the Ahrntal commune of northern Italy, just three kilometres from the Klausberg ski area.

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Plasma Studio’s copper-clad apartment block has huge windows facing the Dolomites

August 27, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Floor-to-ceiling windows allow guests to wake up to views of the Dolomites at this complex of copper-clad holiday apartments in northern Italy by Plasma Studio. Architecture practice Plasma Studio designed the two-storey apartment block to provide six holiday homes accompanying an existing holiday residence. The two structures are joined by a single-storey volume, which hosts a communal area. Called Villa

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Carlo Ratti to transform Italian military barracks into open-source architecture laboratory

August 25, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Architect Carlo Ratti has revealed plans to transform a former 19th-century military complex in Turin, Italy, into a campus where students, workers and makers can set up their own labs and studios. Carlo Ratti Associati will transform the 20,000 square-metre Caserma Lamarmora barracks into “a testing ground for an open-source approach to architecture”. Using the barracks’ modular structure as a base, the Italian firm wants to open the building up

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Diorama converts old grocery store into tropical cocktail bar in southern Italy

August 8, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Italian studio Diorama has transformed an old grocery store in Puglia into a bar and restaurant complete with tropical plants, flamingo wallpaper and neon palm trees. Having previously designed the interiors of Bloom beach bar for the same client, the practice was tasked with recreating the vibe in an urban setting for Bloom in Town, located in

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All four seasons coexist in Milan garden proposed by Carlo Ratti

July 13, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed plans for a covered garden in Milan, which would use climate-control technology to allow visitors to experience spring, summer, autumn and winter at any time of year. Carlo Ratti Associati designed The Garden of the Four Seasons to offer city-dwellers a closer glimpse of nature’s cycles. Summer, winter, autumn and spring are represented by four

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Acne Studios opens pink-ceilinged flagship store in Milan’s Brera district

July 9, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Acne is the latest design brand to favour pink for interiors, using it to colour the ceiling in its new Milan store. The Swedish fashion brand has opened its first Milan flagship on Piazza del Carmine in the Brera district – an area of the city populated with designer shops and galleries. Acne was keen

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Carlo Ratti reveals Office 3.0 workspace that promises to end “thermostat wars”

June 17, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has transformed a Turin building into an office space with a personalised “environmental bubble” for every worker. Office 3.0 – first previewed in plans in the middle of last year – is the new headquarters for the Agnelli Foundation cultural institution in Turin, Italy. Ratti’s firm, Carlo Ratti Associati, renovated the

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Groin-vaulted ceiling takes centre stage in revamped 18th-century property

June 11, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Italian studio Duearchitetti has renovated an apartment in an 18th-century building in Varese, which features a central doric column, a stone manger and a groin-vaulted ceiling. Once owned by a wealthy Milanese family, the building was recently divided into apartments and completely restored. Locally based Duearchitetti was then invited to overhaul one of the building’s ground-floor apartments, called Casa AG. The

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