Is it better to renovate or buy a new home in 2026? The most accurate answer is this: renovating makes sense when the property is in a valuable location, has a sound structure, and allows you to recover living quality without exceeding the price of an equivalent new home. Buying new, instead, is more convenient …
In recent years, the idea of continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces has become one of the most relevant themes in modern design. Architecture, interior design, and landscape design are increasingly connected through solutions that reduce the perception of boundaries between indoors and outdoors, turning even small terraces and balconies into true extensions of the …
For years, glass block remained tied to an image that was hard to shake off: apartment-building landings, 1990s offices, anonymous bathrooms, and construction solutions that felt more functional than design-oriented. It was often associated with a certain outdated aesthetic, rather than with genuine architectural research. Then, almost quietly, something changed. Glass brick has returned to …
Water is mobile, everyday, essential. And yet, in contemporary design, it has also become language, gesture, precision, and atmosphere. Designing water does not simply mean controlling its flow; it means turning it into an experience: a domestic presence, a measure of comfort, a balance between technology and formal sensitivity. Cristina Rubinetterie’s journey fits precisely within …
