Rome

India Mahdavi enlivens Rome’s Villa Medici with bold geometric furnishings

June 6, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Architect India Mahdavi has updated six rooms within Rome’s 16th-century Villa Medici to feature an array of contemporary and colourful furniture. The intervention comes as part of a three-year project called Re-enchanting Villa Medici, which was launched in 2022 to amplify the presence of contemporary design and craft within the Renaissance palace. While the first

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Fendi introduces modern furnishings to Rome’s historic Villa Medici

January 16, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Italian fashion brand Fendi has teamed up with the French Academy in Rome to refresh six salons inside the Villa Medici – a 16th-century Renaissance palace set amongst sprawling gardens in the heart of Rome. The villa has been home to the French Academy in Rome since 1803, and today is used by the French

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Carlo Ratti proposes “world’s largest urban solar farm” in Rome for World Expo 2030

January 10, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A large solar farm forms the centrepiece of Rome’s bid to host the World Expo in 2030, masterplanned by Carlo Ratti Associati with architect Italo Rota and urbanist Richard Burdett. If selected for the event, the mosaic-like structure would become “the world’s largest urban solar farm” and power the exhibition site in Rome with renewable

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Space Popular reinterprets Aldo Rossi’s architectural theories for the metaverse

January 6, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture and design studio Space Popular has unveiled Search History, an exhibition at the MAXXI museum in Rome that applies the writings of Italian architect Aldo Rossi to virtual worlds. The installation features bold and colourful images envisioning a metaverse city, with doorways that appear to be gateways between different virtual spaces. The aim of

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Styles and eras mingle inside “unfinished” diplomat’s home in Rome by 02A

July 10, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Bedroom in 02a's Casa del Diplomatico in Rome with mirror in the foreground

Antique and mid-century furnishings are combined with sleek contemporary cabinetry in this intentionally unfinished apartment in Rome, designed by local architecture and interiors studio 02A. The one-bedroom flat belongs to a stateless diplomat, who asked 02A to turn his home into a sanctuary that he could return to at the end of his frequent work

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Competition launched to extend MAXXI museum by Zaha Hadid Architects

February 16, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

A competition has been launched to find an architect for the expansion and sustainability-led revamp of Zaha Hadid Architects’ Stirling Prize-winning MAXXI museum in Rome, Italy. Launched as part of a project called the Grande MAXXI Master Plan, the competition invites proposals for a two-storey multifunctional extension to the contemporary art museum. The winning design

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Arney Fender Katsalidis to transform Tuscolana railway site into low-carbon 15-minute city

August 19, 2021 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Campo Urbano masterplan for Rome by Arney Fender Katsalidis

Architect Arney Fender Katsalidis will transform a disused railway site in Rome into a low-carbon neighbourhood as part of the Reinventing Cities programme, which encourages cities to strive towards net-zero urban developments. The Campo Urbano proposal will see 24,000 square metres of former railway infrastructure around Rome’s Tuscolana station turned into a mixed-use development. The car-free

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Stefano Boeri completes new entrance and walkway at Rome’s Domus Aurea

July 30, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Stefano Boeri Architetti has inserted an entrance kiosk and a pedestrian walkway that provides access to subterranean rooms within Rome’s historic Domus Aurea palace. The new entrance is situated within Oppian Hill Park and connects with the walkway that leads to the spectacular Octagonal Room almost six metres below. The palace built by Emperor Nero

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Fashion brand Forte Forte “drowns” its Rome store in green onyx

June 6, 2021 Ali Morris 0

Green onyx lines the floors and walls of this fashion boutique in Rome by creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana. The Forte Forte store is located on Via Borgognona, a street in the heart of the Campo Marzio – the 4th rione, or district, of Rome – that was once full of artists. The

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Foster + Partners turns former 16th-century convent into Apple Store

May 27, 2021 James Parkes 0

Fosters + Partners has restored and converted the Palazzo Marignoli in Rome into an Apple Store, uncovering historic features and opening up a central courtyard. Apple Via del Corso is located near the Piazza Colonna in the centre of Rome, occupying the historic Palazzo Marignoli. The Apple Via del Corso building dates back to the

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