Tag Milano

20-10-2022

What design has to say to the present

The proof that design is culture, and therefore a tool for deciphering our times, may be found at the ADI Design Museum in Milan, where all the projects and products that have won Compasso d’Oro awards are gathered together. A new exhibition entitled “Presente Permanente” focuses on precursors of the contemporary.

29-09-2022

Where beauty lives: the ‘piano nobile’ or main floor of Fondazione Rovati

An exemplary case of co-penetration of domestic space, furnishings, coverings, objects and artworks: the main floor of Fondazione Luigi Rovati in Milan is now a museum, in which every single element – from the woodwork to the chimneys, from the windows to the niches in the walls – has an osmotic relationship with the art on display, ancient, modern and contemporary.

31-08-2022

Atelierzero: Interior design as landscape

The turning point was the competition for Trento’s Civic Gallery, and then the studio in Milan. With less than 10 years of work under their belt, they already have a strong reputation in interior design and a spin-off furniture brand. Design as a totalising, “democratic” process is the hallmark of the architects of Atelierzero.

23-08-2022

Asti Architetti and the restoration of the Torre Velasca in Milan

The architecture firm Asti Architetti oversaw the restoration project of the Torre Velasca, built between 1956 and 1958 by the BBPR architectural partnership, which has since then become a landmark of this Italian city. After 18 months of renovation work and more than two years of planning, this iconic building is about to be visible again within the city and to its citizens. In fact, the scaffolding and tarps that covered the façades are being taken down, and this operation should be completed by the end of September.

16-08-2022

MAD Architects a dynamic project for the MoLo in Milan

MoLo is the acronym for the new “Mobility and Logistic” hub designed by the architectural design firm MAD Architects with architect Andrea Nonni, Open Project, and Progeca, which is to be built along the western border of the Milan Innovation District (MIND), currently under construction in the area that hosted Expo 2015.

10-08-2022

m2atelier interior design for the Lagfin offices in Milan

In the heart of Milan, the architecture firm m2atelier developed an interior design project for the conversion of offices on the first floor of a historic, late 19th-century building. The expertly engineered operation made it possible to recover original 20th-century elements, which shows just how feasible it is to renovate a historic setting without giving up contemporary comfort.

28-07-2022

Flaviano Capriotti Architects, gastronomy and design in the heart of Milan

Chef Andrea Aprea's gourmet restaurant and café bistro, designed by Flaviano Capriotti Architetti and built in a historic building at 52 Corso Venezia, has recently been completed in the heart of Milan. The building, built in 1871, is now home to the Fondazione Luigi Rovati and its Art Museum.

01-07-2022

Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia - Redevelopment and interior design of the new Ersel Bank in Milan

In Milan, in Via Caradosso, the Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia studio, winner in 2018 of the invitation-based competition for the redevelopment of the building, recently completed the new headquarters of the Ersel Bank. A building dating back to 1928 and designed by Agnoldomenico Pica and Pietro Cassinoni for the Società Elettrica Generale dell’Adamello.