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Sunrise coast
Salento, the tip of the sun-drenched peninsula making up the heel of Italy's 'boot', is home to stunning beaches, architectural delights and family-run firms.
Broadcast views
Italy’s largest rolling news channel now sits within a Renzo Piano-designed ‘workshop’ TV studio.
Freedom of expression
Turin is a city with many bold and experimental mid-century residential developments. Using these buildings as an inspiration, a new generation of architects is continuing to push the envelope.
Design
The Royal College of Art in London has a new wing and Venice’s Procuratie Vecchie reopens.
Labour of love
Nowhere captures the spirit of Gio Ponti more than a secluded villa that the architect constructed with real affection for his friend.
Brick by brick
Italy's architectural treasures span millennia, from Gio Ponti's geometric cathedral in Taranto to ancient Roman forums and Palladio's influential Renaissance churches that shaped international design.
Rough diamond
The creative residents of Sicily’s delightfully unpolished capital have claimed their home town as a hub for art and design – and a haven for anyone looking to soak up the sun and sea.
Home from home
While many corporations remain faceless and sterile, coffee giant Lavazza has built an elegant workspace that inspires its staff and Turin’s community.
Brave new world
For decades the Belice Valley was a byword for bureaucratic bungling in the face of disaster. Now, 50 years after a devastating earthquake struck the region, the bold aesthetic legacy is finally getting attention.
