Genoa Chamber of Trade Library Building, Italy
The new library of the Genoa Chamber of Trade is located inside of palazzo Tobia Pallavicino, adding up to the system of cultural institutions aligned along strada nuova.
Italy architecture buildings
Italy architecture designs and architects
New Italian architecture projects with building news and architectural images, plus architects background. Italy building news from across this South European country.
We feature Olympic Spa Hotel, San Giovanni di Fassa, Vigo, Trentino, by NOA. This new extension lets rooms nestle in the Alpine meadow, and creates a surprising sauna overlooking the forest.
We also show Villa Selvadolce, Bordighera, Liguria, by Giordano Hadamik, the Brazilian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Gabriela de Matos and Paulo Tavares, The Number 6, Via Alfieri, Turin, by bp+p architecture studio.
Finally, we post Ferrero Technical Center in Alba, Piedmont, by Frigerio Design Group in the heart of the Langhe region. It represents a new level of integration between industrial architecture, natural landscape, sustainability of processes and well-being for workers.
Energy Roof Perugia, Italy Building Design
The new paradigmatic design of the ‘Energy Roof’ creates a distinctive and highly recognizable icon for the city and a statement for aesthetic sustainability corresponding with the ancient buildings of Via Mazzini.
Castelvecchio Museum, Carlo Scarpa Building
Castelvecchio Museum, Italy, Verona architecture: Museo Civico di Castelvecchio design by Carlo Scarpa Architect, 20th Century Italian building photos
Lonate Ceppino Library, Italy, Building
The pre-existing building for the new Lonate Ceppino Public Library already belonged to Lonate Ceppino’s historical heritage. On a rectangular plan, the two levelled buildings housed the Civic Library on the ground floor, while the first floor had been left unused.
Monte St Angelo Subway, Naples Metro Building
Monte St Angelo Subway, Naples metro building by Amanda Levete Architects with Anish Kapoor: Italian subway architecture, architecture images
MilanoFiori NORD office building, Assago
The analytical approach to the complex system of access routes, pedestrian walkways and roads, the local climatic conditions, as well as a close attention to the building’s integration into the general master plan led to the development of a structure formed by two interconnected wings and adapted to contain light and greenery.
Bologna Civic Offices Building, Italy
Bologna City Council commissioned a new 33,000 m2 office building to house their Municipal head offices. They needed to bring together 1,000 employees currently scattered in 21 locations throughout the city.
Made in Macef Competition, Italy Design
The competition consists of two different tasks: the designing of a container (for example a basket, a box, a tray, a case, and so on) to “export” the Italian style; and the designing of objects representing the Italian style, to be showcased in the container.
Art Museum Strongoli, Italy: Coop Himmelb(l)au
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU has been commissioned for the Art Museum Strongoli and selected for the project “Walking through the History” as a result of a two-staged tender in Perugia.
City of Verona Borgo Trento Maggiore Hospital
The original nucleus of the Borgo Trento Hospital Complex, in Verona, was the Alessandri Children’s Hospital, which was inaugurated in 1914 and comprised a single line of buildings looking onto the current Via Mameli.
Lomazzo Office, Como building, Lombardy, Italy
The Carboncini Company takes office in Lomazzo in 1948; in 1971 the new offices were built which were subsequently renovated in the early 1990s. In 2008, the need to expand the structure becomes an opportunity to describe the idea that underlies its nature.
Villa ad Alzate, Como house, Italy: Como property
Natural wood for the windows and doors that can be opened and fixed with laminated glass and air chamber. The finishes are completed by the Iragna stone for the floors of the external porches and pedestrian paths and external stairs.
Cadorago Civic Center, Como Building, Italy
The project envisages a close and direct relationship between the open space and the building that faces it: the main facade of the new building becomes the central element of the square and remains symmetrical with respect to the design of the central space.
Verona Borgo Trento Maggiore Hospital Building
Floor zero is the operating heart of the new Surgery Centre. This floor is 50 cm above Via Lungadige, so that it is completely secured against any danger flooding by the River Adige.