Act_Romegialli damp-proofs a Venetian home against the rising tides of the city's waterways
A concrete basin constructed inside this small apartment in Venice is designed to fend off flooding from the city's waterways. More
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Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind build a community of 650 homes in Milan
Angular balconies and timber panelling characterise these housing developments by architects Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind, both located in Milan's fast-growing City Life district (+ slideshow). More
Act_Romegialli completes underground swimming pool in the grounds of an Italian home
This sunken pavilion featuring a swimming pool and gym is set below the lawn of a home in northern Italy, and is connected to a new conservatory in front of the house by an underground tunnel (+ slideshow). More
Baukuh's House of Memory features a decorative facade and a monumental yellow staircase
Pixellated faces decorate the brick facades of this civil rights centre in Milan, while a bright yellow staircase spirals up through its concrete interior. More
Schemata Architects builds Vitra's Salone stand from wooden pallets
Milan 2015: Tokyo-based Schemata Architects created an exhibition stand for Swiss furniture brand Vitra made from Japanese wooden pallets for Milan's 2015 Salone del Mobile design fair (+ slideshow). More
Gianluca Gelmini inserts an angular iron staircase inside a medieval Italian fortress
A colossal iron staircase bursts through the medieval stone walls of this fortified tower in rural Italy and into a copper-clad extension, as part of a renovation by local studio Gianluca Gelmini (+ slideshow). More
Italy's Museo della Merda is full of shit
The Museum of Shit is housed in an Italian castle and is dedicated to demonstrating "what a useful and living substance crap really is" (+ slideshow). More
OMA's Fondazione Prada art centre opens in Milan
Rem Koolhaas' firm has converted a century-old distillery in Milan into a new arts centre for Fondazione Prada, featuring a "haunted house" clad in 24-carat gold leaf and a cinema camouflaged by mirrors (+ slideshow). More
Twisting observation tower could be built in a northern Italian forest
Architects Anton Pramstrahler and Alex Niederkofler have unveiled their proposal for a wooden viewing tower near Bruneck, northern Italy, with a twisted body shaped like a tree trunk (+ movie). More
Italo Rota designs Arts and Food exhibition for Triennale di Milano
Milan 2015: a major show examining the relationship between art and rituals around food opened this week at the Triennale di Milano museum with an exhibition design by Italian architect Italo Rota (+ slideshow). More
Wooden curtain drapes around a lift inside Maison Margiela's Milan store
A tessellated wood material wraps around the lift shaft and flows over the service counter at the newly opened Maison Margiela store in Milan (+ slideshow). More
Milan Expo pavilions "haven't a hope in hell" of completing in time
Milan Expo 2015: two weeks ahead of opening day, the Milan Expo is still a building site and designers say some pavilions may not be finished in time. More
Nendo's one-year retrospective exhibition opens in Milan
Milan 2015: prolific Japanese studio Nendo is exhibiting over 100 products designed over the past year for 19 brands as part of a solo exhibition in Milan, including previously unseen pieces for Glas Italia (+ slideshow). More
House at Mill Creek by Pedevilla Architects features a homogenous off-white exterior
Tasked with designing a "small but prestigious residence" in an Alpine village, Italian studio Pedevilla Architects planned an asymmetric house with a chalky-white exterior (+ slideshow). More
Denton Corker Marshall's "mysterious black box" is Australia's new Venice biennale pavilion
Architecture firm Denton Corker Marshall has unveiled the new pavilion Australia will now use for its exhibitions – an austere black box looming over a canal (+ slideshow). More
Sculptural staircase connects two mosaic floors in an old fisherman's cottage in Sicily
A staircase formed of wooden boxes and platforms, and supported by a black metal framework, rises up through this Sicilian residence that was recently renovated by Milanese architect Francesco Librizzi. More
David Chipperfield disowns Milan museum over "war of the floor"
David Chipperfield has renounced his Città delle Culture museum and gallery complex in Milan after a "pathetic dispute" over the quality of flooring material used. More
Paolo Carlesso clads Italian family house with cement panels
This family home near Milan features a partially exposed steel and timber frame modelled on the historical rural farm buildings in the surrounding area. More
Studio Zero85's hilltop house and studio for an artist is covered in ridged terracotta tiles
Bumpy terracotta tiles clad the gabled volume of this combined artist's studio and family home in the Italian countryside designed by Studio Zero85 (+ slideshow). More
Staircases trace a path across the glazed facade of Intecs office block in Rome
A glazed channel steps around the facade this office block in Rome by Italian firms Modostudio and Sofia Cattinari Studio di Architettura, revealing the ascent of two staircases (+ slideshow). More