There is a distinctly Neapolitan way of understanding space that goes beyond geography alone. It can be recognised in the relationship with light, in the sensitivity to landscape, in the never-neutral use of material, and in the ability to hold together layering, everyday life and vision. When architecture in Naples is truly meaningful, it does not simply occupy a place: it interprets it, moves through it, and places it in tension with what already exists. That is why speaking today about architecture firms in Naples means looking not only at a local professional scene, but at a set of practices that continue to influence the way space is designed, inhabited and imagined across Southern Italy and, in many cases, far beyond it.
What follows is not a ranking, nor a closed list. It is an editorial selection of 25 architecture firms in Naples worth knowing today, bringing together established names, well-rooted practices and more contemporary profiles that, in different ways, are helping to define the current face of Neapolitan design. Some stand out for a language that is now instantly recognisable, others for their intelligent reading of existing spaces, and others still for their attention to living, hospitality, the urban landscape or the relationship between architecture and identity.
More than a ranking, this is a map. A way of giving breadth and depth to a design scene that cannot be read only through famous names or widely circulated images, but through firms and designers who, with very different approaches, continue to shape a culture of space that is deeply rooted and still capable of exerting influence.
How We Selected These Architecture Firms in Naples
Bringing together 25 architecture firms in Naples within a single article means, first of all, acknowledging the variety of a scene that cannot be read in uniform terms. Alongside more established names, there are long-standing practices, firms deeply rooted in the local territory, and more contemporary studios that interpret design with different but often equally significant sensitivities.
This editorial selection begins there: with the intention of offering a broad yet coherent picture of contemporary Neapolitan architecture, balancing quality of work, continuity of practice, design identity and the ability to shape the way Naples is inhabited, transformed and narrated through space. We looked at firms working across housing, hospitality, regeneration, interiors, the urban landscape and the transformation of existing buildings, because in Naples architecture does not move in a single direction, but cuts across very different languages and scales.
This is not, then, a definitive ranking, but a considered map built around firms that deserve attention for their approach, recognisability, solidity or contemporary sensitivity. Some are already well-known names, while others belong to a less visible yet equally compelling professional fabric. Taken together, they create a panorama that helps explain not only who is designing in Naples today, but also what idea of space, identity and living is emerging from the city.
Giuliano Andrea dell’Uva Architetti
Giuliano Andrea dell’Uva is one of the names that has most contributed, in recent years, to defining a sophisticated and recognisable image of design between Naples, Capri and the world of high-end hospitality. His work moves naturally between residential and hospitality projects, combining compositional measure, memory of place, and a strong sensitivity to materials, detail and atmosphere. Projects such as Palazzo Petrvs, Palazzo Napoli and the Palazzo Avino Infinity Suite clearly express this direction: an idea of interior architecture that is cultured, Mediterranean and never excessive. He belongs in this selection because he represents one of the most authoritative profiles in the way elegance, identity and design are interpreted today.
FADD Architects
FADD Architects has long worked on a language of contemporary living grounded in balance, precision and atmospheric control. Their research spans interiors, hospitality, retail and office design, but it is particularly in residential work that their language emerges most clearly: measured spaces, calibrated palettes, materials handled with rigour, and continuity between architecture and furnishings. Projects such as Casa Mille, Casa Vittoria, Pedro Capri, Aria Restaurant and Staj Noodle Bar reveal a practice able to avoid easy decorative effects in favour of environments that are crisp, contemporary and well orchestrated. They are included in this list because they consistently interpret a Neapolitan design approach focused on the quality of everyday space.
Primo Atelier
Primo Atelier stands out for a particularly sensitive way of intervening in existing spaces, especially in domestic settings, where distribution, light and spatial perception are rethought through a soft yet highly controlled design language. Projects such as D 19, Orazio 31 and Vernissage express this attitude well. In D 19, inside a late nineteenth-century building, the project is organised around a six-metre-high central volume that absorbs services and functional devices, intelligently redefining the relationships between rooms. It is a studio worth watching because it shows how the transformation of the home can be approached with precision, fluidity and a formal presence that is never intrusive.
Sifola Sposato Architetti
Sifola Sposato Architetti works consistently across architecture, interiors and design, building a path that moves through residential and hospitality projects with an imprint that is always orderly, elegant and coherent. In their work, compositional rigour never turns into coldness; instead, it becomes readable, well-balanced spaces capable of combining comfort, proportion and visual quality. Among their most significant projects are the Private Chalet Val Pusteria, the Hotel & Wellness in Kronplatz, and several Private House Naples projects, all of which show a constant attention to the relationship between architecture and atmosphere. Their presence in this selection is justified precisely by this ability: shaping interiors and buildings with a clear, measured and contemporary character.
od’a officina d’architettura
Founded in 2001 by Neapolitan architects Bruno Discepolo and Alessandra Fasanaro, later joined by Giovanni Aurino, od’a officina d’architettura brings a different and necessary dimension to this selection: that of design that does not end with domestic space, but engages with the city, the landscape, redevelopment and research. Their work combines projects, competitions, editorial activity and reflection on context, while Camaldolilli25 represents one of the most recent urban and environmental regeneration operations associated with the practice. od’a enters this list because it reminds us that contemporary Neapolitan architecture does not live only in interiors or hospitality, but also in the ability to read territory and transform it with vision.
Interplan2 Architects
Interplan2 Architects brings to this selection a broader dimension of architectural practice, where design, urban scale and professional recognition come together. The firm has linked its name to projects such as the NATO JFC HQ Naples and Pozzuoli Waterfront XXI, and over time has received awards including the 2015 IN/ARCH Campania prize for the new NATO headquarters in Naples. It is included here because it represents a line of architecture capable of dealing with complex programmes and with a public dimension of design that still carries decisive weight in Naples.
Keller Architettura
Founded in Naples in 2002, Keller Architettura has built an identity that combines research, interiors, residential design and a very precise attention to the relationship between space and image. Its Via Foria headquarters places the studio within a highly recognisable urban geography, while the team led by Mariagrazia Russo works in a context open to external and international contributions. It enters this selection because it clearly conveys the idea of a Neapolitan practice that works continuously on contemporary design without giving up its own distinct signature.
Gnosis Progetti
With more than thirty years of activity, Gnosis Progetti is one of the names that best expresses in Naples the theme of building contemporary architecture within the existing built environment. Their work insists less on immediate image and more on the project’s capacity to activate real transformations in context, an attitude that can be seen clearly in interventions such as the refurbishment of Hotel The Britannique in Naples, a 2017 project worth 13 million euros, as well as in works connected to cultural and museum heritage. It is included in this selection because it represents a mature, structured practice capable of holding together architecture, regeneration and urban vision.
Officine Architetti
Officine Architetti works between Naples and Milan, yet retains a strong and highly legible base in the Campanian capital, also through a series of residential projects that communicate its approach very clearly. Interventions such as Crispi 4, Posillipo 80, Kira Home and Casa Michetti show a practice attentive to the restyling of existing spaces, to the balance between classical elements and contemporary signs, and to the creation of interiors with strong character yet without rigidity. It enters this list because it consistently interprets an important part of today’s Neapolitan design scene: the one that works on the home and on spatial transformation through a current, measured and communicable language.
Antonio Di Maro Architetti
Antonio Di Maro brings to this selection a profile in which architecture, interiors and wellbeing intersect in a recognisable way. His work, developed between Naples and Milan, stands out for its explicit interest in neuroarchitecture and for a reading of space as an experience capable of affecting quality of life, perception and the balance of those who inhabit it. Projects such as Casa C&A and Dream Box Ospedale Pausillipon reflect this direction, while his career also includes collaborations with practices such as Mario Cucinella, OMA and ARUP Italia. He is included in this list because he represents a design approach that combines research, comfort and quality of living, bringing a very precise contemporary sensitivity into the selection.
architectonica
Founded in 2007 by Michele Calabrese, Alessandra De Marco, Enzo Esposito and Paolo Volpicelli, architectonica is a Naples-based studio that combines architecture, urban planning, interiors and design through a clearly multidisciplinary approach. Its presence in this selection is justified by the continuity of its path and by its ability to move across different scales of design, from the building to the interior space, while maintaining a recognisable working line. It is one of those names that helps explain a professional practice rooted in the territory yet open to a broader dialogue with contemporary design.
STUDIOMAAN
Founded in Naples in 2017 by Maura Caturano, STUDIOMAAN works across landscape architecture, urban design and research applied to public space. Here the focus is not only the form of the project, but the construction of relationships between places, uses and contexts, with a sensitivity that sees the city and the landscape as living systems. It enters this list because it brings into the selection a more contemporary and transversal voice, capable of widening the discussion beyond residential design and of engaging with themes that are now increasingly central, from regeneration to ground-level design.
IN-NOVA STUDIO
IN-NOVA STUDIO was born in the heart of Naples and presents itself as a practice working across architecture, interiors and the transformation of existing spaces, with a marked attention to spatial legibility and the quality of intervention. Its presence in this selection comes precisely from that angle: a more agile practice, yet well aligned with a contemporary demand for design involving homes, renovations and the redefinition of everyday environments. It is an interesting name because it reflects a less monumental and more grounded Naples, closer to the concrete scale of living.
Studio Archielle
Archielle Studio was born from the meeting of two women and two architects from different generations, bringing together expertise, visions, and design sensibilities to shape bespoke spaces across both residential and contract projects. At the heart of their work are, above all, people — with their rhythms, passions, relationships, and concrete ways of living. It is included in this selection because it interprets design as a form of listening, creating environments that combine function, identity, and spatial quality, while expressing an idea of interior architecture that is thoughtful, measured, and deeply connected to everyday life.
cliparch
cliparch enters this list for its ability to work across architecture and interiors with a language that is essential, clean and attentive to the balance between function and image. It is a practice that moves particularly effectively at the scale of domestic design and renovation, which is a highly significant field for understanding Naples today and its inner transformation. This selection takes exactly that into account: not only firms with great notoriety, but also names that credibly show how inhabited space is being redefined in the contemporary city.
Corvino + Multari
Founded in 1995 by Vincenzo Corvino and Giovanni Multari, Corvino + Multari is one of the most authoritative studios associated with Naples when design engages with public buildings, redevelopment and urban transformation. Based in Naples and with offices also in Milan, the practice has built over time a solid path across architecture, restoration, adaptive reuse and the regeneration of abandoned areas. It is in this selection because it represents a practice capable of working on the city with continuity, combining architectural quality, urban responsibility and a presence that is now well established in the Italian design debate.
Gambardellarchitetti / Cherubino Gambardella
Cherubino Gambardella is a figure who immediately raises the cultural level of any selection centred on Naples. Born in Naples in 1962, architect and professor of architectural design, he leads a practice that combines research, project work and theoretical reflection, with a presence that has long extended beyond the local perimeter. Among the most recent works linked to the studio are the new Scampia metro station and the Vanvitelli Rectorate in Caserta, two interventions that clearly express his way of inhabiting contemporary design: never purely formal, always sustained by strong thinking on the relationship between architecture and the city. He enters this list because he represents one of the most significant names for understanding a certain cultivated, irregular and vital Naples.
Vulcanica Architettura
Vulcanica Architettura enters this selection because it brings into the article an idea of design strongly linked to regeneration and intelligent reuse. The Brin69 complex in East Naples is the most evident reference point: a redevelopment project on a disused industrial complex that in 2016 received the CampaniaArchitetture Prize, with a motivation centred precisely on the relationship between building recovery, sustainable urban regeneration and environmental protection. It is an interesting studio because it tells a different Naples from the one more often associated only with interiors or hospitality: a Naples that tries to rethink difficult parts of the city through architecture.
ReBuilt Studio
Founded in 2013 and based in Naples, ReBuilt Studio defines itself as an architecture collective grounded in the idea that redevelopment can become a real moment of cultural exchange and innovation within the existing built environment. It is a definition that immediately clarifies its orientation: not architecture as an isolated gesture, but design as an opportunity to reactivate places, uses and relationships. The presence of works such as Studio Napoli and the centrality given to redevelopment make ReBuilt a coherent name for this selection, above all because it conveys a Naples attentive to recovery and regeneration rather than to image alone.
Blu Space
Led by Tommaso Marino and based in Naples, Blu Space works across construction, furnishing and interior design through an idea of architecture understood as a “global work”. Beyond the wording itself, this clarifies a precise characteristic of the practice: the project is approached as a coordinated whole, in which construction, details, supplies and interiors all belong to the same design vision. It enters this selection because it represents a transversal professional practice strongly centred on continuity between architecture and inhabited space, and therefore well aligned with a city where the relationship between building envelope, interiors and renovation remains fundamental.
4RCH Architettura
Active since 2013, 4RCH Architettura & Interior Design has developed experience in designing homes and B&Bs in Campania and in managing construction sites in Naples and its province, working both on new buildings and on the recovery of existing structures. The studio’s profile is closer to a concrete and everyday practice of design, made up of interventions on the built environment, spatial distribution, technical and construction-related aspects, and site coordination. That is precisely why it enters this list: because alongside more established names or studios with greater editorial visibility, it is useful to reflect that part of the Neapolitan professional fabric that works consistently on real living and on the concrete transformation of space.
FDF Design
Led by Francesco Della Femina, a Capri-born architect with a studio in Naples on Via Nilo 34, FDF Design works across architecture, interiors and product design with a highly recognisable language, connected to the Mediterranean landscape yet open to a contemporary reading of space. Projects such as Casa Dabù in Anacapri, Hotel Luna and Kiton Monaco clearly express this direction: interiors and buildings in which light, material, memory of place and atmospheric control find a very precise balance. It enters this selection because it represents a refined and distinctive design line deeply connected to the Naples-Capri system, today one of the most interesting contexts when speaking about hospitality and quality living.
Francesca Maione
Francesca Maione enters this selection as a presence concretely linked to the Neapolitan professional fabric, with a studio on Via Nuova Pizzofalcone in the heart of the city, and a practice that combines architecture, design, development and strategy, as her professional profile also summarises. Her approach appears centred on continuity between project, broader vision and the quality of spatial experience, with an attention that goes beyond the design of interiors alone to include the reading of context and the direction of intervention. She is in this list because she represents a contemporary and recognisable practice, rooted in Naples and oriented towards an idea of architecture understood not only as form, but as the coherent construction of spaces, identities and use.
ArchiCo Ristrutturazioni
ArchiCo Ristrutturazioni belongs to a more operational line of design, but that does not make it any less interesting to observe within the Neapolitan context. The company was founded by Giovanni and Francesco Archico, part of a family active in the construction sector for three generations, and works mainly on residential renovation in Naples, describing a team made up of architects, engineers and qualified craftsmen. It enters this list because it clearly represents a reality that engages with one of the city’s most concrete themes: the transformation of existing buildings, apartments and interiors, which remains a decisive part of the way Naples continues to be rethought and inhabited today.
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