Bari | BariCentrale by Fuksas
Fuksas’ winning project bridges the tracks, plants enough vegetation to make the city one of the greenest in the country
Milan | Drogheria Plinio
A clear-cut philosophy is what they call it: food as experience, culture and the pleasure of good company. No arguing with that, or even with the less philosophical aspects of Drogheria Plinio.
Turin | IN Residence
Trawling for an alternative place to stay in Turin recently, Du Parc Suites beckoned. A stone’s throw from the city’s favourite public park
Fontanellato | The Labyrinth
A monumental maze, far and away the largest labyrinth on the globe. It covers 17.5 acres of land on his ancestral estate in Fontanellato, near Parma.
Lonate Ceppino | Worldly Wisdom
Every town should have a comely library. Curiously named Lonate Ceppino, a few kilometres south of Varese, now has a remarkable one in a former chapel.
Milan | MSGM HQ
Massimo Giorgetti, MSGM‘s creator and designer, supplied the intuition and teamed up with architect Fabio Ferrillo to rehabilitate another derelict, century-old manufacturing space.
Reggio Emilia | Making Waves
This is the brand new railway station, and the only stop, on the high-speed line between Bologna and Milan, and it’s a Santiago Calatrava design.
Campomarino | Stonework
From the crumbling ruins of a 17th century watchtower, a little gem of architectural reclamation.
Salina | The Muse and the Lobster
Salina is, relatively speaking, one of the larger and more populous islands of the rugged Aeolian Arcipelago off the north coast of Sicily