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Paolo Soleri was an Italian architect and designer and a piece of his work lives in Midtown. But talks of moving has concerned some neighbors. Soleri created a chapel within the University of Arizona Cancer Center in honor of his wife who passed away of the disease. It was completed in 1986 and was used as a public chapel. The chapel consists of 10...

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Infrastructural renderings that reference historical entities, almost always manage to cast a deeper impact than architecture designed to fulfil a hedonistic image. It is, after all, these references and details that humanise stoic edifices. Infusing architecture with such details becomes even more pertinent when designing structures within neighbo...

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If pushing beyond one's limits and reaching for the sky has been a human aspiration since the time of Icarus, the urge to construct ever taller buildings that circumvent the laws of statics and reach for the clouds has been a Leitmotiv in the history of architecture, especially since the Modern Age. Indeed, it is with the genesis of the modern city...

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Luigi Vanvitelli has left a deep mark on European architecture. His works, which combine elements of Baroque and Neoclassicism, have helped define the architectural landscape of the eighteenth century, sometimes anticipating neoclassicism. Bold vision, technical mastery and deep understanding of architectural principles: the works of Luigi Vanvitel...

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Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA) has revealed its winning design for the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. The proposed timber-based architecture, titled La Città Ideale, reflects a modern interpretation of the Ideal City, a symbolic image of the Italian Renaissance. More specifically, MCA’s project spotlights the country’s vision of a social sp...

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In 1932, 98 percent of the heads of households in the area of New York City now variously known as Little Italy, Soho, or the Lower East Side were Italian emigrants, The New York Times reported. This wave of immigrants, who largely arrived in the U.S. from the 1880s through the 1920s, were preceded by the Italianate, a mid-19th-century tripartite s...

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March 2023 has been a very busy month in LA for the Italian promotion, in different fields, organized by Italian Trade Agency (ICE) and dedicated to Italian companies and to the excellence of Italian talents. The first event, dedicated to the entertainment industry in collaboration with APA (Association Producers Audiovisual), had the presence of t...

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Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT. Italian Cultural Institute - 3000 Whitehaven St, NW Washington, DC 20008. As part of the 7th edition of Italian Design Day in the US, the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC hosts an exhibit curated by Professor Lavinia Fici Pasquina, associate professor at the School of Architecture at Catholic Universit...

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A client whose origins date back to the Renaissance was the inspiration for the most beautiful winery in the world. It was “an extraordinary “silent” work because it is underground and sustainable, but at the same time powerful in its hilly outline that recalls Lucio Fontana’s famous slashes. It is in a famous landscape, like Tuscany, characterized...

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Cinema has always made us dream, transporting us to different worlds and immersing us in stories that are a unique blend of characters, plot and location. The latter requires decisive collaboration among every director, set designer and scenographer–creator of a story that must unfold in harmony with the world in which it is inserted.  But to bring...

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