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Swing Design Gallery Opens Swing Unique Window Exhibition Space in Rome architecture-design
Swing Design Gallery, a Benevento-based gallery founded by Angela da Silva in 2011 specializing in contemporary collectible design, has expanded to Rome with a new window…
Green Pea Building: A New Sustainable Construction Model from Turin architecture-design
Oscar Farinetti, founder of Eataly and Green Pea, has partnered with the Building Group, led by Piero and Luca Boffa, to launch Green Pea Building in Turin. This initiative is not…
Renzo Piano's Vulcano Buono in Nola Transforms into Art Center Eutòpia architecture-design
The iconic Vulcano Buono shopping center in Nola, designed by Renzo Piano and inaugurated in 2007, now hosts Eutòpia, a semi-permanent art space made from 48 decommissioned…
Historical Architectural Fakes in Italy: From St. Mark's Campanile to Santa Trinita Bridge architecture-design
In an article featured on Artribune, Livia Montagnoli explores ten architectural reconstructions in Italy labeled as 'historical fakes.' The discussion opens with the St. Mark's…
Onsitestudio Wins Competition for Milan's New BEIC Library architecture-design
Onsitestudio, led by architect Angelo Lunati, has won the international competition to design the new BEIC (European Library of Information and Culture) in Milan. The project was…
Artist Hilario Isola designs cheese shop La Fetta in Bagnolo Piemonte architecture-design
Since 2021, the cheese shop La Fetta in Bagnolo Piemonte, designed by artist Hilario Isola in collaboration with SCEG Architetti and graphic design studio Elyron, has become a…
Dune Sequel to Film at Carlo Scarpa's Brion Tomb in Italy architecture-design
Denis Villeneuve's sequel to the sci-fi epic Dune, which won six Oscars, will shoot scenes at the Brion Tomb in Altivole, Treviso, Italy. The monumental funerary complex, designed…
Associates Architecture: Italian-South African Studio Bridges Past and Future architecture-design
Associates Architecture, established in 2017 in Brescia by Nicolò Galeazzi and Martina Salvaneschi, operates across Italy, Mexico, and Portugal. The duo first crossed paths at the…
Bas Smets to redesign Notre Dame surroundings with new square and park architecture-design
The City of Paris has announced a major redevelopment of the area around Notre Dame Cathedral, following a competition won by a team led by Belgian landscape architect Bas Smets.…
Tsuyoshi Tane's Sound of Marble Pavilion Opens at Ca' Del Bosco Sculpture Park architecture-design
The sculpture park at Ca' Del Bosco, one of Italy's most renowned Franciacorta wineries, has added a new installation: Sound of Marble, a pavilion designed by Atelier Tsuyoshi…
MIND West Gate: nuovo distretto innovazione a Milano entro 2032 architecture-design
Lendlease sta sviluppando il distretto MIND (Milano Innovation District) nell'area di Expo 2015, con completamento previsto entro il 2032. Il masterplan, firmato da MCA – Mario…
Rediscovering Stefania Filo Speziale, Naples' First Female Architecture Graduate architecture-design
Stefania Filo Speziale (1905–1988), the first woman to graduate in architecture in Naples in 1932 and one of the first in Italy, is being rediscovered after decades of obscurity.…
ALDO Summer Campus in Rome's Tor Pignattara Combines Design and Social Outreach architecture-design
The ALDO summer campus launches in Rome's Tor Pignattara district, hosted in the courtyard of Scuola Carlo Pisacane. The free outdoor program runs from June 16 to July 8, 2022,…
Bët-bi Museum in Senegal to House Restituted African Art architecture-design
The Bët-bi museum and cultural center, designed by architect Mariam Issoufou Kamara of Atelier Masōmī, will be built in Kaolack, Senegal, near the recently UNESCO-listed…
Plenitude's Multisensory Path at Brera Botanical Garden architecture-design
At the Orto Botanico di Brera during Milan Design Week from June 6 to 13, 2022, Plenitude, a Società Benefit under Eni's control, unveiled 'Feeling the Energy.' The installation,…
LIVEonHUB 2022: Podcast Series on Contemporary Living by It's architecture-design
The architecture firm It's has launched the second edition of its LIVEonHUB program, now in podcast format, focusing on contemporary living. The 2022 series, available on…
Misano Circuit's 50th Anniversary: A Track Designed by Visionary Artist Aldo Drudi architecture-design
The Misano World Circuit, celebrating its 50th anniversary, is a unique racetrack where the asphalt itself is a canvas painted by Aldo Drudi, a designer and artist who…
Six Historic Milanese Palaces Reopen as Luxury Dining and Hospitality Venues architecture-design
Milan is witnessing a wave of high-profile restorations turning historic buildings into luxury hospitality and dining destinations. Casa Cipriani will open in Palazzo Bernasconi…
Basel's New Architecture: From Zumthor Extension to Dreispitz Pavilion architecture-design
The architectural scene in Basel is undergoing significant transformation with various new developments. Among these, the Fondation Beyeler extension designed by Atelier Peter…
RUFA's New 6,000 sqm Campus in Rome's Ostiense District architecture-design
The former Ex Falegnameria Triestina in via Libetta is being transformed into a new 6,000-square-meter campus by Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA) in the Ostiense district.…
Mosso: ex Convitto Trotter di Milano diventa polo culturale con pizzeria architecture-design
Il 16 giugno 2022 riapre l'ex Convitto Trotter a Milano, angolo tra via Padova e via Mosso, dopo anni di abbandono. Il progetto, ribattezzato Mosso, è parte del programma di…
Dsquared2 x Londonart: wallpaper collection launched in Milan architecture-design
Fashion brand Dsquared2, founded by twin brothers Dean and Dan Caten, has entered the design world with its first wallpaper collection, created in collaboration with Londonart, an…
Kazuo Shinohara's Umbrella House Rebuilt at Vitra Campus architecture-design
The Umbrella House, a 1961 masterpiece by Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara, was saved from demolition and reconstructed at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. In 2020,…
Felipe Pantone redesigns Poltrona Frau's Archibald chair for 110th anniversary architecture-design
Argentine artist Felipe Pantone (b. 1986, Buenos Aires) has created Archibald Anniversary Limited Edition, a radical reinterpretation of Poltrona Frau's iconic armchair originally…
Truly Design Crew's Anamorphic Mural for IQOS at Fuorisalone architecture-design
The Turin-based collective Truly Design Crew, active since the mid-1990s, created an anamorphic mural titled 'WE' for IQOS at Opificio 31 during Fuorisalone 2022. The work uses…
Fluid Coffee & Sharing: a Firenze la caffetteria che ridefinisce il concetto di specialty coffee architecture-design
A Firenze ha debuttato Fluid Coffee & Sharing, un'iniziativa che reinventa il concetto di specialty coffee in un contesto accogliente. Questo progetto è frutto della sinergia tra…
Design Week brings Tokyo Toilet project to Milan metro architecture-design
The Tokyo Toilet/Milano project, inspired by the original Tokyo Toilet initiative, has arrived in Milan during Design Week 2022. It aims to transform public toilets into…
Portaluppi’s Herbarium Wallpaper Launched at Alcova architecture-design
Nicolò Castellini Baldissera, interior designer and patron of Casa Tosca, has created a wallpaper inspired by the botanical drawings of his great-grandfather, architect Piero…
Venice Venice Hotel Opens in Restored Palazzo with Contemporary Art Collection architecture-design
The Venice Venice Hotel, founded by Alessandro and Francesca Gallo (co-founders of Golden Goose), opened in February 2022 in two restored historic palazzos near the Rialto Bridge:…
Budapest's New Ethnographic Museum Opens in City Park architecture-design
On May 23, 2022, Budapest celebrated the opening of the new headquarters for the Museum of Ethnography, a project by architect Ferencz Marcel and NAPUR studio. This facility is…
Benoît Jallon Leads Provisional Ranking for MAXXI Expansion Competition architecture-design
The provisional results of the GRANDE MAXXI competition, designed to enhance the MAXXI museum in Rome, have been revealed. Leading the rankings is a team headed by French…
Genova Green Strategy: Openfabric's Vision for a Resilient City architecture-design
The Genova Green Strategy, developed by Openfabric and led by architect Francesco Garofalo, reimagines Genova as six distinct cities within one, addressing chronic urban…
Alcova Fuorisalone 2022 in Milan architecture-design
Alcova, a key event of the Fuorisalone during Milan Design Week 2022, presented a curated selection of design projects. The initiative, part of the broader Salone del Mobile 2022,…
BDR bureau's Open Architecture Wins Awards and Recognition architecture-design
The Enrico Fermi school in Turin, designed by BDR bureau, has won the Premio T Young Claudio De Albertis promoted by Triennale and MAXXI, and has reached the final phase of the…
Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse in Marseille Turns 70 with Group Show architecture-design
Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation, known as the Cité Radieuse, in Marseille celebrates its 70th anniversary. Built between 1947 and 1952, the brutalist concrete housing complex…
Petition Launches for Rome's Green Ring Road Transformation architecture-design
A petition with 7,500 signatures has been submitted to Rome's mayor Roberto Gualtieri, infrastructure minister Enrico Giovannini, and ecological transition minister Roberto…
Volumnia Gallery in Piacenza Opens Restaurant IO Luigi Taglienti architecture-design
The deconsecrated church of Sant'Agostino in Piacenza, once used for exhibitions until the 1980s, has been transformed into a design gallery and now a restaurant. In 2017,…
Bjarke Ingels Group to Design Vltava Philharmonic Hall in Prague architecture-design
Prague will build the Vltava Philharmonic Hall on the banks of the Vltava River, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The project, set to open in 2032, will transform the former…
Napapijri x Moreno Ferrari: sustainable design capsule for Milan Design Week architecture-design
For Milan Design Week 2022, Napapijri collaborates with Compasso d'Oro winner Moreno Ferrari on a sustainable capsule collection. The five-piece line—including two Northfarer…
Michele De Lucchi transforms Milan convent into Horti complex with Elpis Foundation architecture-design
Architect Michele De Lucchi has converted a late 19th-century neo-Romanesque convent in Milan, located between Via Orti and Via Lamarmora, into the Horti di Porta Romana…

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