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Italian Architecture refers to the architectural styles and buildings found in Italy from ancient times to the present day. Throughout its history, Italy has been a major influence in the development of Western architecture, with many of its styles and techniques spreading throughout Europe and beyond. Some of the most notable styles of Italian architecture include the ancient Roman style, the Renaissance style, the Baroque style, and the Neo-Classical style. These styles are characterized by unique features such as grandiose facades, intricate ornamentation, grand arches, domes, and columns. Some of the most famous examples of Italian architecture include the Colosseum, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the palaces of Florence and Venice.
Inserted within the preserved perimeter of a former factory in Lendinara, PDS House reconfigures an industrial enclosure into a residential interior organized around an enclosed garden, using landscape and sectional…
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Casa BM is a residential transformation on the outskirts of Paesana, Northern Italy, where a disused 1960s house is reworked and extended to confront the spatial ambiguities of the suburban…
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Gregorio Pecorelli’s Office at Gio Ponti’s Casa Sissa converts a 1934 Milanese apartment into a compact workplace through a strategy of restraint and continuity. Rather than overwriting the existing fabric,…
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Kinder Rain is a new kindergarten in Piove di Sacco that recasts a rural archetype into a compact ensemble of child-scaled volumes. A terracotta exterior consolidates three pyramidal classroom “houses,”…
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EXFORO occupies two levels inside Padua’s early twentieth-century Ex Foro Boario, reestablishing a direct dialogue with Prato della Valle through enlarged apertures and expansive terraces. The project retains the historic…
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On a steep hillside above Lago Maggiore, Pedro&Juana transform the ruin of a rural stable into two compact houses that preserve the original perimeter while expanding within the allowable 20…
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1:1 Study Model is an ongoing transformation of a two-story house in Arzignano into a lived-in laboratory where construction and habitation proceed concurrently. Anchored by a helical stair and a…
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Casa Eurinome in Milan organizes a trapezoidal site into a precise double-bodied mass that reconciles two slightly diverging urban orders. A five-story street-facing bay aligns with Via Piero della Francesca,…
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Studio8 Architects transforms three historic trulli and a later stone outbuilding into a compact 120-square-meter dwelling on a 2,400-square-meter rural plot in Puglia’s Valle d’Itria, treating the site as a…
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A partially collapsed early 20th-century dwelling embedded in Sambuca di Sicilia’s town walls is reinhabited through a measured reconstruction that clarifies plan, section, and services. The project retains vaults, enfilade…
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Set Architects has reimagined a traditional single-family house located in the pastoral landscape of Fondi, Italy. This transformative renovation responds to the needs of a young family, blending rural architectural…
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In the northern expanse of Rome, just beyond the Aniene river, lies Conca D’Oro: a neighborhood shaped by the urban pressures and housing demands of Italy’s post-war decades. Characterized by…
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Located at the heart of Arzignano in northern Italy, Caffè Nazionale represents a nuanced intervention into the city’s fabric. AMAA, the studio founded by Marcello Galiotto and Alessandra Rampazzo, approached…
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On the remote shores of Lake Como, located on a steep and wooded slope, a former boatman’s house has been carefully reimagined by Gregorio Pecorelli Studio. Originally built in stone…
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