Shingles made from salvaged larch wood cover Alpine house in Italy
Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has used shingles made from trees that fell during a storm to cover the CiAsa Aqua Bad Cortina house in South Tyrol. More
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Peter Pichler completes angular concrete-and-glass villa in Italian vineyard
The folded form of this villa, designed by Peter Pichler Architecture for the owners of a vineyard in South Tyrol, is intended to merge with the existing landscape and form a shield around its central courtyard. More
Benedetto Camerana adds garden with 40,000 plants to the rooftop test track at Fiat's former Lingotto factory
Italian architect Benedetto Camerana and landscape designer Il Giardino Segreto have created a rooftop garden called La Pista 500 on the rooftop test track at Lingotto, Fiat's iconic former car factory in Turin. More
Forte Forte's Tuscan boutique features subtle nautical details
A hull-style ceiling and terrazzo flooring that resembles sea salt appear inside this store in Tuscany by fashion brand Forte Forte, which has been designed by creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana. More
Sunnei transforms former recording studio into fashion brand HQ in Milan
Italian fashion brand Sunnei has renovated the interior of an ex-recording studio to create a minimalist headquarters as a canvas for furniture and art pieces by the brand's collaborators. More
Benedetta Tagliabue reveals mass-timber metro station under construction in Naples
Barcelona-based studio EMBT has revealed images of a mass-timber metro station, which is under construction in the Centro Direzionale area of Naples. More
BIG breaks ground on building to unite Milan towers by Hadid, Libeskind and Isozaki
BIG has begun construction on its CityWave building, which will visually connect the towers of Milan's CityLife development with a low swooping roof that doubles as one of Italy's largest urban photovoltaic power stations. More
JCP Universe unveils new website featuring an e-commerce section
Dezeen promotion: Italian design brand JCP Universe has updated its website with an e-commerce section where visitors can purchase an array of the brand's diverse interior products. More
Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli designs music school with patterned concrete walls
Architecture office Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli has completed a music school in Bressanone, Italy, comprising monolithic concrete volumes decorated with a subtle hand-hammered pattern. More
Salone del Mobile president Maria Porro says she's standing "on the shoulders of giants"
The Italian design industry is seeing a generational change when it comes to gender equality, says Maria Porro, the youngest-ever president of Salone del Mobile and the first woman to hold the role. More
Milan apartment block fire "closely recalled Grenfell Tower" says mayor
Milan's mayor Beppe Sala has likened a fire in a tower block in Milan on Sunday to the Grenfell Tower fire in London due to the way the flames seemingly spread through its cladding. More
Arney Fender Katsalidis to transform Tuscolana railway site into low-carbon 15-minute city
Architect Arney Fender Katsalidis will transform a disused railway site in Rome into a low-carbon neighbourhood as part of the Reinventing Cities programme, which encourages cities to strive towards net-zero urban developments. More
Studio Wok designs cavernous pizza restaurant to recall rocky coves of Sardinia
Studio Wok has completed Myrto, a pizzeria on Sardinia that is designed to reflect the island's earth tones and wind-swept granite rocks. More
COS reflects 18th-century frescoes in Bolzano store with mirrors and mesh
Fashion brand COS added an installation of mirrored plinths and display stands draped in layers of transparent mesh to enhance and contrast the interiors of the historic Palazzo Menz in Bolzano, Italy. More
SOM to design athletes' village in Porta Romana for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games
Architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill has been chosen to design a mass-timber Olympic Village with "minimal environmental impact" for the 2026 winter Olympics hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. More
NOA transforms 17th-century monastery near Lake Garda into hotel and spa
Network of Architecture has turned a former monastery in Italy into the Monastero Arx Vivendi hotel by conserving and refreshing the interiors and inserting a series of glazed spa rooms into its gardens. More
Stefano Boeri completes new entrance and walkway at Rome's Domus Aurea
Stefano Boeri Architetti has inserted an entrance kiosk and a pedestrian walkway that provides access to subterranean rooms within Rome's historic Domus Aurea palace. More
Doug Aitken creates kaleidoscopic catwalk for Saint Laurent show in Venice
American artist Doug Aitken has designed a plant-filled mirrored installation for the Saint Laurent menswear Spring Summer 2022 fashion show in Venice. More
Bolza family turns 1,000-year-old Italian castle into Hotel Castello di Reschio
A 10th-century castle in the Umbrian hills has been restored and transformed into a hotel by Count Benedikt Bolza and his family, who created custom furniture for its 36 suites, restaurant and spa. More
"Hyperloop is all hype" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are debating the development of a Hyperloop high-speed transport system in Italy. More