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29 January 2024
Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci
Design: Rafael Viñoly Architects

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Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci
Rafael Viñoly Architects has unveiled new renderings for its innovative design of the new international terminal at Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci in Florence, the heart of Italy’s renowned wine country. The terminal is expected to see over 5.9 million international passengers pass through it yearly.

17 Dec 2022
Fendi Factory, Bagno a Ripoli
Design: studio Piuarch

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Fendi Factory Bagno a Ripoli Building
A raised garden conceived to mend a long-standing rift in the terrain and recreate the hillside of the site in which it is located. A complex of about 14,000 sqm rising in the Tuscan countryside, conceived around a high standard of landscaping and advanced energy efficiency, an architectural landmark having significant aesthetic and environmental value.

1 Sep 2020
Visual Art Gallery Florence Competition

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Visual Art Gallery Florence Competition
The gallery should be an exemplary urban form that will change the rigid outlook of art galleries. The architecture should be inviting and informal, being able to connect with the general public in whole. The gallery should be fluid and dynamic spatially, being in coherence with nature.

5 Jul 2018
M7 Contemporary Apartments
Design: Pierattelli Architetture, Architects

photograph : Max Lisi
M7 Contemporary Apartments
Design hospitality in the heart of Florence The Italian studio Pierattelli Architetture has designed 11 apartments for a hospitality concept that combines the comfort of a home with the services and convenience of a hotel.

24 Nov 2017
CENTRO*Arezzo Coop.fi
Design: Piuarch, Architects

photo © Giovanni Hänninen
CENTRO*Arezzo Coop.fi
An iconic urban landmark, but also a sustainable structure for an evolving shopping experience: the new CENTRO*Arezzo Coop.fi frees itself from the conceptual dictates of the traditional shopping mall and acts as a social and recreation pole that is perfectly integrated with the city.

19 Feb 2017
Bufalini Street Loft
Architects: FABBRICANOVE

photograph : Filippo Romano
Bufalini Street Loft
The Loft on Bufalini Street in Florence, in the very historical centre of the city, is the result of the restoration of an ex music hall.
The double-height space, with barrel vaulted and frescoed ceiling, has become a dwelling for a family with kids thanks to the project of FABBRICANOVE Architetti, an architectural studio founded in Florence in 2009 by Enzo Fontana, Giovanni Bartolozzi, Lorenzo Matteoli.

22 Apr 2016
New Pecci Centre for Contemporary Art
Design: NIO architecten

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New Pecci Centre for Contemporary Art in Prato
The first center for contemporary art in Italy was born in Prato in 1988. Conceived by entrepreneur Enrico Pecci and donated to the city in memory of his son Luigi, the Center was built with the support of several founding partners, including the Municipality of Prato, the local industrial association, Cassa di Risparmio di Prato, and a large group of private citizens: a rare Italian example of collaboration between public institutions and private patrons.

22 Apr 2016
Villa TLI in Arezzo
Design: Architettura Matassoni

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TLI house Arezzo Italy
The daily activities in this Tuscan home are not divided in a rigid way in different moments, the thought is fluid and elastic, the perceptions of spaces are continuous and dynamic, so architecture have to be fluid, without too schematisms, rigid divisions and multifunctional.

20 Nov 2015
Villa N Arezzo House
Design: Architettura Matassoni

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Villa N Arezzo House

20 Jun 2014
Nuovo Centro Civico, Scandicci
Design: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, London, UK

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Scandicci New Centre
Nuovo Centro Civico is a new town centre in the suburbs of Florence. The project is part of an urban plan commissioned by Scandicci Council which is transforming the area from classic edge city (rather placeless and spatially dispersed) into a series of urban centres which new public spaces, public and private buildings and a new tramline connecting Scandicci with Florence.

28 Mar 2014
Florence House Design
Design: Architettura Matassoni

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Urban Villa Florence
The project was created with the intention of transforming the strong physical limitations, in a series of architectural cues; the available surface is in fact quite limited in size and characterized from a trapezoidal shape and has a possibility of building relatively limited; the building area is inserted in an urban environment characterized by a low quality and from a certain density of the buildings.

24 Apr 2013
Florence Music Park
Design: Andrea Maffei Architects

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Florence Music Park
The project comes from the tender launched in October 2007 for the redevelopment of disused area outside the historic centre of Florence, and in particular in the vicinity of the old rail-station Leopolda, and the Royal Park of the “Cascine”.

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7 Feb 2012
ARTWOOD showroom, Castelfiorentino
Design: LDA.iMdA architects

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Artwood Showroom Castelfiorentino
An abandoned warehouse and the need of bringing inside a new contemporary world are the reasons for a new reinterpretaion of the unused space. “Second life” is a philosophical (but not only) reinterpretation that allows the use and the improvement of the neglected buildings inventing their new life, therefore giving them a second chance.

14 Jan 2012
Florentine Planes Landscape Design – ARTLANDS

photograph : Peppe Maisto
Florentine Planes Landscape
Aaron Betsky’s presentation marks the conclusion of ARTLANDS Tour #2, the program of conferences and walks in the Florentine Plane which Image (www.image-web.org) started last year to provide knowledge and insights into the new landscape proposals suggested by the works carried out by biologist Carlo Scoccianti and aimed at defining new natural environments through the reclamation and alteration of the territory.

6 Apr 2008
New Florence TAV Station Building
Design: Foster + Partners, Architects

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Florence Railway Station
As part of the creation of a new high-speed rail network, the Italian Government has instituted a major programme of station restructuring, including the creation of many new stations. The design for Florence Station provides a new facility that will connect with the city’s existing Santa Maria Novella station via a new tramline.