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StudioTamat transforms Rome “villino” with glass floors and mirror ceilings

November 4, 2025 Amy Frearson 0

Rome-based StudioTamat has used colour, transparency and reflection to bring a sense of spaciousness to a small house in the heart of the Italian capital. Located in the courtyard of a late-19th-century building on Viale di Trastevere, the 80-square-metre RA House provides an urban base for a couple who divide their time between addresses. StudioTamat’s

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Luca Guadagnino transforms Roman palazzo “steeped in history” into boutique hotel

October 10, 2024 Tirthika Shah 0

Film director Luca Guadagnino’s interior design studio has turned a historic palazzo in Rome, Italy, into a luxury hotel. The hotel, named Palazzo Talia, is the first hospitality project from Guadagnino’s Studiolucaguadagnino. Originally built in the 16th century, the palazzo was previously a school for children from less privileged backgrounds. The institution, called Nobile Collegio

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Pratique and Fanum add “imposing” plywood pavilion to Villa Medici gardens in Rome

September 4, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

French architecture studios Pratique and Fanum took cues from Roman architecture when creating the Forum des Vestiges plywood pavilion, which is located in the gardens of Rome’s historic Villa Medici. Pratique and Fanum designed the pavilion, which was informed by ancient Roman forums, to encourage social interactions and conversation. “The main design goal was to create

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Populous set to design stadium “inspired by classical Roman architecture” for AS Roma

July 25, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Italian football club AS Roma has unveiled the design concept for a stadium that is planned for the Pietralata area in Rome. Designed by architecture studio Populous, the stadium would be a permanent home for AS Roma, which has shared the Stadio Olimpico with rival club Lazio since 1953. The stadium, which is expected to

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Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with “illusionary infill facade”

December 20, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Italian studio Robocoop has created a temporary facade to blend into its historic surroundings and hide ongoing construction on a palace courtyard restoration in Rome. Robocoop designed a facade of arches, columns and sculpture and printed it onto a PVC plastic banner, stretching it across scaffolding measuring ten metres tall and 11 metres wide. It was

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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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The Rome Edition opens in converted 1940s bank building

August 23, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

American entrepreneur Ian Schrager’s The Edition group has landed in Rome, opening a hotel in a converted bank that makes use of its soaring lobby, original marble staircases and hidden front courtyard. The Rome Edition began welcoming guests earlier this year to the 91-room hotel, located a block away from Via Veneto – the street

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Buero Wagner creates adaptable black-timber pavilion in Rome

June 9, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Black-painted wood clads the demountable Black Pavilion, a tent-like structure designed by architecture studio Buero Wagner to be flexible for a range of uses. Currently installed in the grounds of Villa Massimo, home of the German Academy in Rome, Black Pavilion can be used as anything from an exhibition space to a bar. It is

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India Mahdavi enlivens Rome’s Villa Medici with bold geometric furnishings

June 6, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Architect India Mahdavi has updated six rooms within Rome’s 16th-century Villa Medici to feature an array of contemporary and colourful furniture. The intervention comes as part of a three-year project called Re-enchanting Villa Medici, which was launched in 2022 to amplify the presence of contemporary design and craft within the Renaissance palace. While the first

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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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