ElasticoFarm and Bplan Studio design arc-shaped block of holiday apartments in Italy
Architecture practices ElasticoFarm and Bplan Studio have created an arc-shaped cluster of holiday apartments overlooking the Venetian Lagoon in Jesolo, Italy. More
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"Smog-eating" ceramic fins cover hospital in Milan by Mario Cucinella Architects
Large ceramic fins with a titanium dioxide coating that can break down smog particles cover the wave-like form of this hospital building in Milan, designed by local practice Mario Cucinella Architects. More
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SHoP Architects begins construction on milled-stone US consulate building in Milan
US studio SHoP Architects has broken ground on the New Consulate Campus in Milan, a 10-acre diplomatic campus that takes cues from the site's existing neoclassical architecture. More
Salone del Mobile announces 60th anniversary edition with focus on sustainability
Milan furniture fair Salone del Mobile has revealed plans for its upcoming anniversary edition on 12-17 June, which will include an installation by architect Mario Cucinella. More
BCW Collective perches hikers' cabin above an Alpine valley in Italy
Architecture studio BCW Collective has perched an aluminium-clad bivouac shelter for hikers above an Alpine valley in northwest Italy. More
Competition launched to extend MAXXI museum by Zaha Hadid Architects
A competition has been launched to find an architect for the expansion and sustainability-led revamp of Zaha Hadid Architects' Stirling Prize-winning MAXXI museum in Rome, Italy. More
Italian Radical Design acquires Memphis Milano
The iconic Memphis Milano company, founded by designer Ettore Sottsass, has been bought by Italian Radical Design, which also owns furniture company Gufram. More
Cassina joins list of Made in Italy brands on heritage register
Cassina has become the latest Italian design brand to be added to a national heritage register "to safeguard and enhance the value of manufacturing companies of excellence historically rooted in Italy". More
Triennale di Milano reconstructs room from Ettore Sottsass's Casa Lana
This video, shared exclusively with Dezeen, shows the living area of a Milanese apartment by Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass being dismantled and rebuilt inside the city's Triennale di Milano museum. More
Reveria Studio revamps villa overlooking Lake Como
Milan-based Reveria Studio has renovated the interiors of an elegant villa at a Lake Como hotel to echo the cinematic but welcoming nature of traditional Italian houses. More
Milan's L'Innesto development to provide net-zero social housing
Architecture studio Barreca & La Varra has designed a social housing project for Milan called L'Innesto, which will be carbon-neutral and encourage community self-management through shared spaces. More
Salone del Mobile confirms move to June for 2022 edition
Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair has confirmed that its 60th-anniversary edition will be postponed until 7 to 12 June "to ensure a strong presence of foreign exhibitors and professionals". More
Salone del Mobile expected to move to 7-12 June due to Covid-19 concerns
The Salone del Mobile furniture fair is set to announce that this year's event will take place in June instead of April, according to multiple sources in Milan. More
EMBT tops San Giacomo Apostolo church with undulating copper roof
Spanish studio EMBT has designed a brick-and-plaster-clad church in Ferrara, Italy, which has a copper roof informed by hot air balloons and an interior that aims to be a modern take on primitive churches. More
Milan to build Cambio network of "super-cycle corridors" linking 80 per cent of the city
Milan has committed itself to constructing 750 kilometres of bike paths by 2035 as part of a plan to make cycling the most convenient form of local transport. More
Venice to replace glass steps on Santiago Calatrava-designed bridge amid "almost daily" falls
The city of Venice is set to replace the glass floor of Santiago Calatrava's Ponte della Costituzione bridge over the Grand Canal with stone due to the high numbers of pedestrians slipping and falling. More
Mario Cucinella Architects creates "serene and monolithic" church in Italian hill top town
Bologna-based Mario Cucinella Architects has created the concrete Santa Maria Goretti Church, which incorporates a cross-shaped entrance, in the town of Mormanno, southern Italy. More
Populous-designed Cathedral stadium set to replace Milan's San Siro
Football clubs Inter Milan and AC Milan have announced that the iconic San Siro will be replaced by a stadium designed by architecture studio Populous. More
Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota design Italian home around 10-metre-tall tree
A 10-metre-tall ficus tree grows through the centre of the living space in The Greenary, a farmhouse renovation and extension by studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota in Italy. More
NOA designs timber-clad hotel on an Alpine meadow
Two wood-clad buildings with jagged facades are connected by a corridor hidden beneath an artificial hill at this hotel and wellness centre in South Tyrol by Network of Architecture. More