Rome

Rome’s Colosseum arena set to be reconstructed with retractable floor

January 6, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Italian government is planning to add a retractable floor to the Colosseum amphitheatre in Rome so that performances can be held within the arena. Under the plans developed by the Colosseum Archaeological Park and Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, the arena’s long-disintegrated floor will be reinstated. “The reconstruction of the Colosseum

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Retroscena is a colourful apartment renovation by La Macchina Studio

November 10, 2020 India Block 0

Retroscena apartment renovation by La Macchina Studio in Rome, Italy

Italian architecture office La Macchina Studio has renovated a 1950s apartment in Rome, revealing original terrazzo floors and adding bold colours. Set in the Italian capital’s Appio Latino quarter, the mid-century one-bedroom apartment already had Venetian stone floors. La Macchina Studio uncovered them and enlisted local craftsmen to restore the terrazzo, while the apartment was

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Studio Venturoni warms up Rome apartment with earthy hues

August 18, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Trevi House apartment in Rome designed by Studio Venturoni

Bands of terracotta and sand-coloured paint wrap around the walls of Trevi House, a one-bed apartment in Rome that’s been overhauled by Studio Venturoni. The apartment is situated at the heart of the Italian capital, just a stone’s throw away from the famous Trevi fountain. Its interior had previously been dominated by heavy masonry partitions

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Gabriele Salini transforms historic palazzo into G-Rough hotel in Rome

July 28, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Mirrored tiles, patina walls, contemporary art and modernist Italian furniture make up this hotel within a 17th-century palazzo in Rome, which was formerly the family home of the owner. Gabriele Salini has transformed the historic property, which was his family’s home for hundreds of years, into a boutique hotel called G-Rough. He designed the five-storey hotel in the heart

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Gabriele Salini transforms historic palazzo into G-Rough hotel in Rome

July 28, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Mirrored tiles, patina walls, contemporary art and modernist Italian furniture make up this hotel within a 17th-century palazzo in Rome, which was formerly the family home of the owner. Gabriele Salini has transformed the historic property, which was his family’s home for hundreds of years, into a boutique hotel called G-Rough. He designed the five-storey hotel in the heart

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Two buildings in Rome merge to form boutique hotel Condominio Monti

July 5, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Condominio Monti by Studio Tamat and Sabina Guidotti

Italian architecture firm Studio Tamat and designer Sabina Guidotti have merged and overhauled two buildings to create this boutique hotel in Rome, Italy. The 900-square-metre hotel, called Condominio Monti, is the brainchild of entrepreneurs Kaja Osinski and Filippo Ribacchi. The duo sought to merge two properties city’s Monti neighbourhood to create new boutique accommodation. Studio

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Dolce & Gabbana’s Rome store features a digital fresco

June 25, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Dolce & Gabbana Piazza di Spagna store by Carbondale features digital fresco

A digitalised fresco depicting soaring cherubs and angered Greek gods is the focal point of luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana’s latest store in Rome, which has been created by architecture studio Carbondale. Set within a 16th-century palazzo in renowned Roman square Piazza di Spagna, the Dolce & Gabbana store has been decadently designed by

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Jean Nouvel renovates 17th-century palazzo for Rooms of Rome guest suites

December 21, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

French architect Jean Nouvel has carried out a subtle update of an old palazzo in Rome to form a series of guest rooms with dilapidated surfaces. Read more

Jean Nouvel renovates 17th-century palazzo for Rooms of Rome guest suites

December 21, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Rooms of Rome guest suites designed by Jean Nouvel

French architect Jean Nouvel has carried out a subtle update of an old palazzo in Rome to form a series of guest rooms with dilapidated surfaces. The Rooms of Rome comprises of 24 guest suites set within a 17th-century palazzo in the city centre, all of which have been designed by Jean Nouvel to feature a

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Aesop teams up with film director Luca Guadagnino for interiors of Rome store

October 22, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Studio Luca Guadagnino used roughened stone, rosy marble and bundles of hay throughout Aesop’s store in Rome, which is meant to visually echo the city’s ancient buildings. The store is set within Piazza di San Lorenzo in central Rome, just a short distance from a fifth-century church and the city’s famous Pantheon. This is the first retail project

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