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Italian Modernism: Continuity, Craft and Reinvention

Italian modernism developed through dialogue with art, craft, industry and history. The work of Gio Ponti and Carlo Scarpa shows why modern architecture in Italy was never a single visual formula.

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Architecture and Landscape: Lessons from the Edith Farnsworth House

Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Dr Edith Farnsworth, the celebrated Illinois house frames the landscape through...

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Adaptive Reuse: Preserving Buildings Through New Use

Adaptive reuse gives existing buildings new purposes while retaining useful fabric, cultural memory and embodied resourc...

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The Art of Joinery: Structure, Repair and Longevity

Joinery determines how furniture carries load, responds to movement and can be maintained. George Nakashima Woodworkers ...

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Travertine: From Roman Structure to Contemporary Design

Travertine has never been merely a decorative fashion. From ancient Rome to the Barcelona Pavilion and contemporary inte...

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The Modern Kitchen: From Frankfurt Efficiency to Social Space

The fitted kitchen was shaped by housing reform and the pursuit of efficient domestic work. Its history helps explain to...

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Designers

Andrea Maffei: A Documented Architectural Practice

Andrea Maffei is an Italian architect with a documented career spanning collaboration with Arata Isozaki and an independ...

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The Puglian Masseria: Rural Architecture and Adaptive Reuse

Puglia’s masserie are rural complexes shaped by agriculture, climate and, in some cases, defence. Their reuse requires c...

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Materials

Linen in Interiors: Fibre, Finish and Traceability

Linen is made from flax bast fibre and valued for texture, breathability and material variation. Environmental claims, h...

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Murano Glass: Craft, Innovation and Living Heritage

Murano’s glass tradition developed over centuries through specialised furnaces, technical knowledge and artistic exchang...

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The Milanese Interior: Gio Ponti and the Complete Work of Design

Gio Ponti’s Milanese work demonstrates an integrated approach in which architecture, furniture, surfaces, publishing and...

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Italian Modernism: Continuity, Craft and Reinvention

Architecture and Landscape: Lessons from the Edith Farnsworth House

Adaptive Reuse: Preserving Buildings Through New Use

The Art of Joinery: Structure, Repair and Longevity

Travertine: From Roman Structure to Contemporary Design

The Modern Kitchen: From Frankfurt Efficiency to Social Space

Andrea Maffei: A Documented Architectural Practice

The Puglian Masseria: Rural Architecture and Adaptive Reuse

Linen in Interiors: Fibre, Finish and Traceability

Murano Glass: Craft, Innovation and Living Heritage

The Milanese Interior: Gio Ponti and the Complete Work of Design

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