Jean Nouvel renovates 17th-century palazzo for Rooms of Rome guest suites

December 21, 2018 Natasha Levy 0
Rooms of Rome guest suites designed by Jean Nouvel

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. The Rooms of Rome comprises of 24 guest suites set within a 17th-century palazzo in the city centre, all of which have been designed by Jean Nouvel to feature a

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NOA extends historic Alpine retreat with cluster of cosy wooden chalets

December 9, 2018 Jon Astbury 0

Network of Architecture has added seven new Alpine chalets in an expansion of the Zallinger resort in northern Italy. The studio, also known as NOA built the chalets in a dramatic alpine meadow in South Tyrol. Located on one of the main ski slopes of the Seiser Alm, the area was originally occupied in the mid-19th century

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NOA extends historic Alpine retreat with cluster of cosy wooden chalets

December 9, 2018 Jon Astbury 0

Network of Architecture has added seven new Alpine chalets in an expansion of the Zallinger resort in northern Italy. The studio, also known as NOA built the chalets in a dramatic alpine meadow in South Tyrol. Located on one of the main ski slopes of the Seiser Alm, the area was originally occupied in the mid-19th century

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noa* (network of architecture) Have Given The Zallinger Refuge A Warm Update

December 4, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Alex Filz   noa* (network of architecture) have completed the conversion and extension of Zallinger Refuge, a hotel located within the Alpe di Siusi area of Italy.   Photography by Alex Filz The Zallinger Hut was first built in the middle of the 19th century, and noa* were asked to improve the quality […]

Peter Pichler completes minimalist refurbishment of Hotel Schgaguler in the Dolomites

October 28, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Peter Pichler Architecture has overhauled a hotel in the South Tyrolean Dolomites, Italy, adding pared-back concrete facades and minimalist interiors. Pichler’s Milan-based studio carried out a full refurbishment of the Hotel Schgaguler, which is located in the UNESCO heritage-protected village of Castelrotto. The hotel was originally constructed in 1986 and displayed features influenced by traditional Alpine

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Artificial mountain made of soil could soak up pollution in Turin

October 25, 2018 India Block 0

Sponge Mountain is a proposal by architect Angelo Renna for a 90-metre-high mound of soil, which would absorb carbon dioxide from the air in Turin. Amsterdam-based Renna imagines the artificial mountain being made out of the soil excavated during the construction of a 170-mile railway tunnel, planned between the northern Italian city and Lyon, France. It would passively soak

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Casa Salvatori in Milan brings together marble furnishings and flecked terrazzo floors

October 24, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Marble artworks, ornaments and furniture appear throughout this Milanese apartment, designed by Elissa Ossino Studio for the head of Italian stone brand Salvatori. The apartment is set within a 200-year-old palazzo in Brera, fronting the same courtyard as Salvatori’s Milan showroom, where the brand sells a variety of natural stone tiles, furniture and homeware. Having grown

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Aesop teams up with film director Luca Guadagnino for interiors of Rome store

October 22, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Studio Luca Guadagnino used roughened stone, rosy marble and bundles of hay throughout Aesop’s store in Rome, which is meant to visually echo the city’s ancient buildings. The store is set within Piazza di San Lorenzo in central Rome, just a short distance from a fifth-century church and the city’s famous Pantheon. This is the first retail project

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Fashion sits alongside found objects at the Forte Forte boutique in Milan

September 27, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Art director Robert Vattilana used expanses of pale marble, gauzy curtains and an array of curious ornaments to create a “dreamy” atmosphere inside fashion boutique Forte Forte, in Milan. The store is situated in the historic Brera district, an area of Milan recognised for its art galleries and selection of design boutiques. It is the

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