Italy
Dezeen Debate features “embarrassingly trite” Zaha Hadid Architects cultural centre
Zaha Hadid Architects designs conjoined towers for Naples masterplan
“There’s going to be a lot of science” at 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale says Carlo Ratti
Permanent Qatar pavilion to be created in Venice’s Giardini della Biennale
Caarpa transforms Italian church into event venue with mezzanine addition
Enzo Mari animals decorate Italian nursery by C+S Architects
Carlo Ratti Associati shelters Mutti restaurant with “clod of earth lifted from the ground”
Andrea Parisio imbues Meridiani furniture series with curves and personality
Six designers reimagine Renaissance artefacts for Future Relics exhibition
Una/Unless installs glossy prismatic pavilion in historic Venetian courtyard
Luca Guadagnino transforms Roman palazzo “steeped in history” into boutique hotel
Pratique and Fanum add “imposing” plywood pavilion to Villa Medici gardens in Rome
Zaha Hadid Architects designs starfish-like cultural centre in Italy
Stefano Boeri banned from competition judging but “relieved” at avoiding house arrest
Populous set to revamp Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium at Lake Como
Stefano Boeri “extremely shocked” about house arrest threat due to collusion investigation
Boeri Studio’s Bosco Verticale was the most significant building of 2014
Studio Wok converts abandoned electrical cabin into minimalist artist residency
Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban design kennels for Architecture for Dogs exhibition in Milan
OMA creates aluminium-clad gallery for monumental Egyptian statues
Studio Fuksas creates dramatic all-white stage design for Tosca and Turandot
Eight eclectic pizzerias that take the slice-shop to the next level
Dezeen Debate features “an elegant melange and a triumph of design sensitivity”