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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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Dezeen Debate features “an elegant melange and a triumph of design sensitivity”

August 6, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a refurbished apartment in Milan by design studio David/Nicolas with interior details by architect Gio Ponti. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. David/Nicolas has redesigned the interiors of a 1920s Milan apartment, originally designed by architect Mario Borgato and refurbished by Ponti, blending contemporary details with original

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David/Nicolas balances classic and contemporary in renovated Gio Ponti apartment

August 1, 2024 Douglas Jardim 0

French-Lebanese design studio David/Nicolas has refurbished a Milan apartment from the 1920s, bringing in contemporary details while retaining features added by Italian architect Gio Ponti. The art deco-style apartment, originally designed by Mario Borgaro in 1923, was refurbished by Ponti in 1952. Since then, much of the fit-out was torn away by the apartment’s previous

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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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Eligo Studio creates homely Milan showroom for winemaker Masciarelli

July 10, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

A display unit wrapped in burgundy-coloured leather forms the centrepiece of this apartment-style showroom in Milan, designed by local firm Eligo Studio for Italian winemaker Masciarelli Tenute Agricole. The showroom on Corso Magenta was conceived by Eligo Studio as a warm and welcoming space, where visiting clients and members of the press can sample Masciarelli’s

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Carsten Höller adds Doubt Staircase to 18th century Venetian palazzo

June 25, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Artist Carsten Höller has created a spiral staircase with an incline of five degrees to make users uneasy at the Palazzo Diedo in Venice. Höller installed the piece, which was designed both as an artwork and a functional staircase, as part of a renovation of the 18th century Palazzo Diedo by Italian practice Silvo Fassi.

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Messner Architects clads RVTK apartments in Italy with contrasting facades

June 15, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Italian studio Messner Architects has extended and reconfigured a house in South Tyrol to create three apartments, each with a contrasting exterior finish of plaster, wood and metal. Named RVTK, the building overlooking the town of Silandro was originally built in 1978 and sits within a gently sloping site with a partially sunken ground floor.

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Archisbang converts Italian farm building into We Rural guesthouse

May 28, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Italian studio Archisbang has transformed a farmhouse outside Turin into a guesthouse, inserting rooms with polycarbonate windows and doors into its existing brick structure. Named We Rural, the guesthouse is located in the village of Poirino and offers a range of facilities for passersby, an events space and bedrooms for longer stays. Archisbang said it

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MD41 creates “pure and extremely simple” gymnasium in Italy

April 19, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio MD41 has completed a gymnasium for a school in Merate, Italy, housed in a cubic volume clad in textured concrete panels. Replacing a former gymnasium on the same site, the building slots in between the school to the north and a sprawling brick piazza to the south created by local studio Archea Associati

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