Studio Fuksas has completed a convention centre and hotel complex in Rome, featuring an auditorium in a translucent fibreglass "cloud", suspended within a huge glass box. More about Studio Fuksas suspends cloud-like auditorium inside Rome convention centre
The pyramidal roof of this house near Italy's Lake Como takes cues from traditional Japanese tea houses, and is slanted to allow low winter sun to reach the rustic interior. More about Lorenzo Guzzini references Japanese tea houses with simple home in Italian alps
A glazed panel in the base of this cantilevered swimming pool by architecture studio NOA gives bathers dramatic views of the South Tyrolean Dolomites. More about Glass-bottomed pool by NOA projects out from Alpine hotel
Italian design studio AIM has renovated a home in Milan to add storage in the walls and a disguised central staircase. More about Milan home renovation hides stairwell and floor-to-ceiling cupboards
Six months after taking over the creative directorship of Molteni&C and Dada, Belgian architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen has revamped the brand's corporate showroom in Giussano, Italy. More about Vincent Van Duysen overhauls Molteni&C and Dada's Italian showroom
Italian architect Antonino Cardillo has coated the walls of a vaulted chamber-music and events space in lumpy coral-pink, grey and green plasterwork. More about Coarse coral-pink plaster lends furry appearance to Antonino Cardillo's Sicilian grotto
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola is behind the first new hotel to be built on the shores of Italy's Lake Como in decades. More about Patricia Urquiola-designed Hotel Il Sereno opens on the shores of Lake Como
Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for architects and designers to submit ideas to transform a 16th-century Italian villa into a beer brewery. More about Call for entries to Experiential Beer Garden competition 2016
A grid of glazing covers the long, gabled form of this Milan building designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron to host a research centre and offices. More about Herzog & de Meuron completes gabled Feltrinelli Porta Volta building in Milan
Lighting brand FontanaArte has been sold to a private finance company, continuing the consolidation of the Italian furniture industry. More about Design brand FontanaArte sold to Italian Creation Group
This tiny slatted timber pavilion is intended as a space for contemplation, and was designed by Milanese architect Giovanni Wegher to tour Italy's largest national park (+ slideshow). More about Mobile meditation pavilion by Giovanni Wegher stands on a lake shore in northern Italy
Architecture studios BIG, MVRDV, Snøhetta and Architetto Michele De Lucchi have all unveiled proposals for the new San Pellegrino Flagship Factory in northern Italy (+ slideshow). More about BIG, MVRDV and Snøhetta unveil competing designs for San Pellegrino headquarters
Architect Renzo Piano has been called upon to lead reconstruction efforts in towns left devastated by the earthquake that struck central Italy last week, and to mitigate against future disasters. More about Renzo Piano to lead recovery plan following Italian earthquake
Plaster sculptures are displayed on wooden pallets inside this ancient Tuscan church, which has been converted into a gallery by Italian practice Microscape (+ slideshow). More about Storage crates form plinths for sculptures inside Microscape's Tuscan church conversion
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has filled new Milan hotel Room Mate Giulia with a colour clash of custom furniture from Italian brand Cassina (+ slideshow). More about Patricia Urquiola designs colourful Milan outpost for Room Mate Hotels chain
Architect Silvia Allori has overhauled a 1970s flat in Florence to create her own home and workspace, which features furniture that folds down from the walls and a shiny gold curtain that hides mess (+ slideshow). More about Fold-out furniture and storage solutions transform Silvia Allori's home into a studio
Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has used red pigmented concrete to give an Alpine fire station in South Tyrol a muted yet distinctive colouring (+ slideshow). More about Pedevilla Architects creates rose-hued fire station for an Alpine village
An Italian consumer group has accused Bulgarian artist Christo of wasting taxpayers' money, because of the costs of managing his floating installation on Italy's Lake Iseo. More about Christo accused of wasting public money on Floating Piers installation
Three kilometres of saffron-coloured pathways temporarily connect the shore of Italy's Lake Iseo to islands at its centre in this installation by Bulgarian artist Christo (+ slideshow). More about Christo's Floating Piers stretch out across an Italian lake
Dutch architecture firm OMA has restored the historic Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, adding new entrances and wood-panelled escalators to turn the 16th-century building into a department store (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes restoration of Venice's Fondaco dei Tedeschi