Andrea Parisio imbues Meridiani furniture series with curves and personality
Promotion: Italian manufacturer Meridiani has released a series of "full and soft" furniture pieces designed by its designer and art director Andrea Parisio. More
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Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban design kennels for Architecture for Dogs exhibition in Milan
Architects and designers including Kengo Kuma, Konstantin Grcic and Shigeru Ban have unveiled doghouses and other pet-centric designs at the Architecture for Dogs exhibition at the ADI Design Museum in Italy. More
OMA creates aluminium-clad gallery for monumental Egyptian statues
Architecture studios OMA and Andrea Tabocchini Architecture have remodelled the Gallery of the Kings at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, to "reconnect the ancient Egyptian statues to their original context". More
Six designers reimagine Renaissance artefacts for Future Relics exhibition
Design gallery Galerie Philia has unveiled an exhibition of contemporary designs based on the collections of the Medici family in the greenhouse of Florence's 16th-century Palazzo Corsini al Prato. More
Una/Unless installs glossy prismatic pavilion in historic Venetian courtyard
Italian architecture studio Una/Unless has created a wedge-shaped temporary pavilion for the courtyard of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, featuring a shimmering blue skin intended to evoke the ocean. More
Studio Fuksas creates dramatic all-white stage design for Tosca and Turandot
Promotion: Italian architecture firm Studio Fuksas has made its operatic debut with open-air productions of Tosca and Turandot, for which the company designed an all-white set in front of Rome's ancient Baths of Caracalla. More
Eight eclectic pizzerias that take the slice-shop to the next level
For our latest lookbook, we look at the interiors of contemporary pizzerias across the globe, including a pink vegan restaurant in London and a Mexico City space informed by a neighbouring church. More
Luca Guadagnino transforms Roman palazzo "steeped in history" into boutique hotel
Film director Luca Guadagnino's interior design studio has turned a historic palazzo in Rome, Italy, into a luxury hotel. More
Pratique and Fanum add "imposing" plywood pavilion to Villa Medici gardens in Rome
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. More
Dezeen Debate features "an elegant melange and a triumph of design sensitivity"
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. More
David/Nicolas balances classic and contemporary in renovated Gio Ponti apartment
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. More
Populous set to design stadium "inspired by classical Roman architecture" for AS Roma
Italian football club AS Roma has unveiled the design concept for a stadium that is planned for the Pietralata area in Rome. More
Eligo Studio creates homely Milan showroom for winemaker Masciarelli
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. More
Carsten Höller adds Doubt Staircase to 18th century Venetian palazzo
Artist Carsten Höller has created a spiral staircase with an incline of five degrees to make users uneasy at the Palazzo Diedo in Venice. More
Messner Architects clads RVTK apartments in Italy with contrasting facades
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. More
Archisbang converts Italian farm building into We Rural guesthouse
Italian studio Archisbang has transformed a farmhouse outside Turin into a guesthouse, inserting rooms with polycarbonate windows and doors into its existing brick structure. More
Venice Architecture Biennale reveals theme for 2025 edition
Curator Carlo Ratti and president of the Venice Architecture Biennale Pietrangelo Buttafuoco have announced Intelligens Natural Artificial Collective as the title and theme of the event's nineteenth edition. More
Day five from Milan design week 2024
The Dezeen team have been reporting live from Milan design week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the fifth day (Friday 19 April). More
MD41 creates "pure and extremely simple" gymnasium in Italy
Architecture studio MD41 has completed a gymnasium for a school in Merate, Italy, housed in a cubic volume clad in textured concrete panels. More
Day four from Milan design week 2024
The Dezeen team are reporting live from Milan Design Week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the fourth day (Thursday 18 April). More