GTRF. Tortelli Frassoni   Italy   A Renaissance prince in the full sense, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy was besides a capable statesman a true lover and patron of the arts. It was his treasure of classical sculpture that would form the core of the archaeology museum founded in the 18th

OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture   Italy   Museum Egizio founded in 1824 is the world’s oldest museum for Ancient Egyptian culture, housed in Collegio dei Nobili in Turin. A complex consisting of exhibition galleries, the Academy of Sciences, and an open courtyard, the museum’s architecture h

BDR bureau   Italy   In Turin’s Nizza Millefonti district, the firm BDR bureau – Alberto Bottero and Simona Della Rocca – has worked on a school first built in the 1960s, adapting its architecture to the new pedagogical needs of students in the 11–14 age range. The entra

Renzo Piano Building Workshop   Italy   Located on the edge of the historic town center of Turin, the Torre Intesa Sanpaolo stands 166 meters tall in two parts: a public and technical plinth, and 26 floors of offices crowned by a greenhouse-lookout containing a restaurant, a hall for exhib

Kengo Kuma   Italy   In Susa Valley, the train station is conceived as an extension of the surrounding spaces, aiming to connect with the wooded landscape and to transform the nearby paved areas into new public spaces. Outside, the roof of metallic slats uses a contempor

With its proverbial excess of licensed architects and the country’s building activity largely centered around the preservation of its heritage, Italy does not seem to offer the best conditions for starters. In spite of these difficulties – aggravated