Milan is the Italian city where architecture becomes most visible. Not only because it brings together studios, showrooms, foundations, universities, developers, galleries, design companies, and cultural spaces, but also because every urban transformation seems to enter the public debate immediately: it is photographed, discussed, shared, criticized, and experienced. In recent years, Milan has built a …
Outlets in Italy are not only places for discounted shopping. Over time, they have become a recognizable form of the contemporary retail landscape: small villages of consumption, often located outside urban centers and designed to turn shopping into a day trip. Their history says a great deal about how the relationship between retail, territory, tourism, …
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 It was often associated with a certain outdated aesthetic, rather than with genuine architectural research.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 …
