Dezeen has teamed up with the Rosario Gagliardi Academy of Fine Arts to offer 30 readers the chance to participate in the first edition of MADE Labs, a design workshop and lecture programme taking place in Syracuse, Sicily, this summer. More about Competition: win a week-long trip to Sicily for the inaugural MADE Labs workshop
Italian studio Duearchitetti has renovated an apartment in an 18th-century building in Varese, which features a central doric column, a stone manger and a groin-vaulted ceiling. More about Groin-vaulted ceiling takes centre stage in revamped 18th-century property
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the first section of a new high-speed train station on the outskirts of southern Italian city Naples, which is set to open this weekend. More about Zaha Hadid Architects completes first phase of high-speed rail station in Naples
This bunker-like house in South Tyrol by local studio Bergmeisterwolf features an angular cutout that shelters a balcony overlooking the nearby valley. More about Monolithic concrete house by Bergmeisterwolf emerges from an Alpine hillside
Architecture studio Bergmeisterwolf has applied vernacular log cladding to this group of holiday apartments, which extend around a courtyard in the Italian alps. More about Bergmeisterwolf reinterprets the traditional log cabin with Twisted House apartments
Nike designers explain how they created a shoe that helped Kenyan runner Eluid Kipchoge come within seconds of breaking the two-hour marathon barrier in this exclusive movie produced by Dezeen. More about Athletes wear custom-engineered Nike trainers in attempt to break two-hour marathon barrier
With the 57th edition of the Venice Art Biennale now open to the public, managing editor Olivia Mull selects some of the best design-led exhibitions, spatial installations and pavilion takeovers. More about 12 must-see installations and exhibitions at the Venice Art Biennale 2017
A three-storey house made entirely of concrete has been set into the steep slope of the Eisack Valley in South Tyrol by local architect Andreas Gruber. More about Andreas Gruber embeds minimal concrete house into Tyrolean hillside
CN10 Architetti has built a trio of white concrete and marble funerary arches with space to host ossuaries and cinerary urns for a cemetery in the northern Italian city of Bergamo. More about Trio of broken arches house ossuaries in northern Italian cemetery
Architects have lost control of city design according to Rem Koolhaas, who says the gap between the profession's rhetoric and the reality is wider in Italy than anywhere else. More about Cities are "deeply tragic" says Rem Koolhaas
When refurbishing the interior of this gallery in Rome, Antonino Cardillo looked to the colours and textures used in the opening scene of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold opera. More about Antonino Cardillo bases textured all-green gallery interior on Wagner opera
MAD, Stefano Boeri Architetti and Mecanoo are among five architecture studios to unveil proposals to completely transform unused railways across Milan, creating high-density housing and swaths of greenery. More about MAD and Stefano Boeri propose crinkled towers and vertical forests for Milan's disused railway yards
Clouds of folded fabric line the inside of this pop-up store, created by Snarkitecture during Milan design week to mark the 80th anniversary of Italian accessories brand Valextra. More about Snarkitecture creates billowing all-white pop-up store for Valextra in Milan
More than 20 Italian companies produced custom furniture for the Casa Flora holiday apartment, which aims to bring contemporary design to the canals of Venice. More about Hallmarks of traditional Venice reinvented in Casa Flora holiday flat by Diego Paccagnella
A geometric staircase and eclectic furniture feature alongside wooden surfaces in this apartment in northern Italy, which was renovated by Italian office Jab Studio and boasts views of the mountains. More about Jab studio creates rustic interior for Alpine loft overlooking the mountains
An abundance of gridded glazing aims to make the most of the spectacular views over Italy's Adige Valley from this secluded mountain cabin by Modostudio. More about Glass walls frame vineyard views from Modostudio's mountain retreat
Bjarke Ingels has been announced the winner of a competition to design a new headquarters and bottling plant for the soft drinks company San Pellegrino in northern Italy. More about BIG wins contest for San Pellegrino bottling factory in Italy
Italian architect Alessandro Tomei has overhauled this sixth-floor apartment in Rome featuring exposed concrete pillars and iron-framed glass partitions. More about Iron-framed glass panels divide Rome apartment with open-plan feel
The 2,000-year-old amphitheatre in Verona, Italy, could be transformed into an indoor stadium with this competition-winning proposal by German firms GMP and SBP. More about Retractable "scallop shell" roof could be built over Verona's Roman arena
A trio of glass-fronted gables cantilever out from this mountain restaurant that architects Peter Pichler Architecture and Pavol Mikolajcak have created for skiers in the South Tyrolean Dolomites. More about Three blackened wood huts project from mountain restaurant by Peter Pichler and Pavol Mikolajcak