Parma-based Contini Architettura has built a church, parish hall, sports' clubhouse and changing rooms around a new public square in the village of Castel di Lama, Italy. More about Contini Architettura arranges church and community centre around public square in Castel di Lama
Interior design studio Deferrari+Modesti renovated a house in Prato, Italy, adding a blue staircase that doubles as a climbing wall for its sporty owners. More about Deferrari+Modesti designs rock climbing-themed staircase for villa in Tuscany
Italian studio Didonè Comacchio Architects has built a football stand that references the work of Mies van der Rohe for the municipal stadium in Travettore di Rosà, Italy. More about Didonè Comacchio Architects draws on Mies van der Rohe for Italian football stand
Alberese stones and Carrara marble are some of the Italian materials architects Emanuela Frattini Magnusson and Pietro Todeschini used for the interiors of this Tuscan holiday home. More about Holiday home in Tuscany decked out with Italian stone and marble
Italian architect Fabio Fantolino has created his own apartment inside a palatial 19th-century building in Turin, using pops of green and petrol-blue throughout its interior. More about Casa Mille in Turin is set within the former home of an Italian count
Italian studio Network of Architecture has built a timber cafe and changing room alongside the scenic Völser Weiher lake in South Tyrol, Italy. More about Network of Architecture creates lakeside swimming hut in South Tyrol
Italian practice Caret Studio has installed the StoDistante installation in an Italian square to encourage social distancing as a temporary solution for reactivating public spaces after Covid-19 lockdown ends. More about Caret Studio installs gridded social-distancing system inside Italian piazza
Architects and designers are being asked to devise social-distancing devices to allow Milan's bars, shops and public spaces to reopen safely following the height of the coronavirus pandemic. More about Milan calls on architects and designers to create social-distancing devices
Cemetery Castel San Gimignano has been renovated by Italian architecture studio Microscape using local limestone stacked in metal baskets. More about Microscape uses stone-filled cages to update Italian cemetery
Italian design brands including B&B Italia, Moroso and Minotti have reopened their factories today as coronavirus lockdown restrictions in the country are finally eased. More about Italian design brands reopen factories with safety measures in place
A two-bed intensive care unit within a shipping container, designed by Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota, has been built at a hospital in Turin and is being used to treat patients fighting the coronavirus. More about Shipping-container intensive care unit installed at Turin hospital
A school from the 1960s in Torino, Italy, has been updated with a pink steel and adobe plaster extension designed by architecture studio BDR Bureau. More about BDR Bureau gives 1960s Italian school a pastel pink makeover
Nine leading Italian design brands have signed a manifesto urging the government to allow them to restart production after Easter amid concerns "it could take 20-30 years" for the sector to recover from the impact of coronavirus. More about Italian design brands warn of "economic catastrophe" unless factories reopen next week
Design brands in Italy are hoping to reopen factories and restart production lines next week, when coronavirus restrictions are due to be eased. More about Italy's design brands "hopeful" as coronavirus lockdown end nears
Luigi Feltrin, founder of Italian furniture brand Arper, has passed away near Venice at the age of 85 after contracting coronavirus. More about Arper founder Luigi Feltrin dies aged 85 from coronavirus
Architect Francesca Perani has transformed the porch of an Italian villa into a 25-square-metre micro-apartment suitable for self-isolation with plenty of hidden storage. More about Urban Cabin is a micro apartment in Italy with custom seating and storage
Architecture practice Deltastudio has turned a former agricultural warehouse in Italy into a house with a balcony framed with white curtains. More about Deltastudio converts concrete warehouse into minimalist family home
The coronavirus pandemic will eventually lead to higher quality, more sustainable products, according to Italian design brands that were forced to temporarily close their factories this week. More about "Challenging situations spark human innovation" say Italian design brands hit by Covid-19
Italian architect Lorenzo Guzzini has completed a villa overlooking Lake Como in Italy, with a facade of grey moraine stone and an infinity pool. More about Lorenzo Guzzini builds stone house with infinity pool overlooking Lake Como
Spanish-Italian designer Pablo Dorigo Sempere has extracted algae polluting the Venetian Lagoon and used it to make paper postage stamps for the Italian city. More about Pablo Dorigo Sempere turns Venice canal algae into postage stamps