What I’m about to tell you is a story of work, passion and much dedication: it’s an Italian (and local) fairytale which sets its braided roots fifty years ago. We’re in Jalamicco, a small village in the county of Udine, a few kilometers away from Palmanova. Here, in the 1970s, a woman became a widow…
When I’m in Udine, there’s one thing I can’t not do. It’s mandatory. Nobody can take away my usual walk around the city center, that is usually combined to a good glass of wine and a frico (it’s not that light of a meal, I know…but who cares!). I also always stroll around the castle…
I wonder how many times you drove up via Bonomea, the road which connects Opicina’s obelisk with the neighbourhood of Gretta, and admired the view from your car window. The road was built in 1779 to connect Villa Bonomo to the city. From up here you can see all of Trieste, as well as Pirano,…
When the city turns into a great show-room! Every year in springtime there’s an appointment with Milan’s furnishing exhibition, recognized as the most important international showroom for home design, furnishing and décor. In April the city become a hub for designers and architects from every continent, a stimulating meltin’ pot, fun and energetic, capable of…
In our first article, we talked about a project where the house was completely renovated, where we started from scratch after a demolition. There are some lucky situations in which the structure of the house is already quite good and doesn’t need radical intervention, just a little work on the last furnishing and on the…
From the 20th ‘till the 24th of January Paris hosted the Maison&Object fair, that like the Salone del Mobile in Milano (of which I’ll tell you about in April), is a must to understand which of the trend of the moment in the world of the furnishing industry, of internal design and accessories that we…
On a few occasions, I was asked to help with some homes, that appeared quite anonymous and bland, to give them a more modern and attractive look. Most of the time it was the white walls that gave an anonymous look to the rooms. We are often not confident enough to use different colours and…
People often ask me what goes through an architect’s mind when he’s facing the “white sheet” of an apartment to be renovated. My answer is simple: “a pinch of creativity and a good dose of folly”. In the project I’m showing you today, folly is definitely the part that dominated on everything and that pushed…
I’m tired but very happy, and if I think about last year when I was facing an apartment that needed to be completely renovated and redesigned, I’m amazed. As it so often happens, even this adventure started off by chance, with an opportunity I could take advantage of: my mum was trying to rent this…
