David Chipperfield to convert old barracks into University of Padua campus
David Chipperfield's Milan office has won a contest to design a new campus for one of the world's oldest surviving universities. More
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Eight Italian hotels to wind down in
As a busy Milan design week draws to a close, Dezeen has selected eight Italian hotels that event-goers can head to for a moment of calm, including a minimalist retreat with views of the Dolomite mountains and a 15th-century holiday apartment with original fresco walls. More
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Note Design Studio champions closed-loop sustainability with Formations installation
Note Design Studio has installed geometric totem poles inside a historic Milanese building to showcase the potential of Tarkett's IQ Surface, a new material that can be continuously recycled. More
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Pezo von Ellrichshausen turns baroque palazzo upside down with "magic open box" installation
Chilean architecture duo Pezo von Ellrichshausen has installed a mirrored structure within Milan's Palazzo Litta, creating disorientating reflections of its baroque architecture. More
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Milan travel guide for architects and designers
This month the entire design community flocks to Milan for the biggest event in the industry calendar. Whether you're visiting for the design week, or planning a separate trip, here's a travel guide to the city's best hotels, restaurants, cafes and shops. More
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Brexit uncertainty causes problems for British furniture brands ahead of Milan design week
The ongoing uncertainty over Brexit is causing havoc with UK furniture brands' preparations for Milan design week, which starts 10 days after the country is due to leave the European Union. More
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Lumen Museum of Mountain Photography perches on a mountainside in the Italian Dolomites
A funicular station on a mountain in Italy has been converted into a museum with an adjoining restaurant that balances on stilts by Gerhard Mahlknecht of EM2. More
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Pastel partitions divide the Imarika boutique in Milan
Design studio Marcante-Testa used pink clay partitions, copper pipes, and panels of plexiglass to form an "architectural landscape" inside this Milan fashion store. More
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Fabio Fantolino creates coordinated apartments for mother and son in Turin
Italian architect Fabio Fantolino has divided up the fourth and fifth floors of a residential building in Turin city centre to create two apartments for a mother and her son. More
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Photos and scans reveal abandoned ruins of Casa Sperimentale
The ruins of Casa Sperimentale, an experimental concrete treehouse built by Giuseppe Perugini and Uga de Plaisant, have been digitally recorded for a new exhibition. More
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Boxx Creative looks to outdoors for design of Italy's Albergo Miramonti hotel
The scenic landscape of a small town in northern Italy informed the interiors of this hotel, which London-based studio Boxx Creative has given a contemporary overhaul. More
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Earthy tones feature through La Ganea restaurant inside converted Italian farmhouse
Studio Mabb has used a humble material palette of plaster, timber and iron to complement the rustic interiors of this eatery in Brescia, Italy. More
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Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo build mountaintop shelter in Italian Alps
Italian architects and researchers Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo have built a prefabricated shelter, named Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti, on the edge of a mountain peak in Valpelline, Italy. More
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Theatrical history informs Storagemilano's overhaul of Bally showroom in Milan
Gold doorways, amphitheatre-style display shelves and velvet furnishings appear in fashion label Bally's showroom in Milan, which Italian studio Storagemilano has designed to hint at the building's dramatic past. More
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Studio Wok inserts home into stone barn in the Italian countryside
A neglected barn made from plaster-coated river pebbles on the outskirts of Verona has been transformed into a new country home by Milan-based Studio Wok. More
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Jean Nouvel renovates 17th-century palazzo for Rooms of Rome guest suites
French architect Jean Nouvel has carried out a subtle update of an old palazzo in Rome to form a series of guest rooms with dilapidated surfaces. More
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Renzo Piano unveils design for new Genoa bridge following disaster
Italian architect Renzo Piano has designed a €202 million bridge for his hometown of Genoa, after the old bridge collapsed in a storm. More
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NOA extends historic Alpine retreat with cluster of cosy wooden chalets
Network of Architecture has added seven new Alpine chalets in an expansion of the Zallinger resort in northern Italy. More
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Matteo Thun creates limited edition series of translucent vessels for Venini
Italian architect Matteo Thun has used cold-processing techniques to create a series of translucent blown-glass vases for Murano glassmakers Venini. More
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Peter Pichler completes minimalist refurbishment of Hotel Schgaguler in the Dolomites
Peter Pichler Architecture has overhauled a hotel in the South Tyrolean Dolomites, Italy, adding pared-back concrete facades and minimalist interiors. More
