Timeless Architects

In 4 Italian cities, the Open House event exhibition opens to the public a series of iconic destinations of architecture and design.

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Date and location: June 16- 19, Milan, Naples, Rome, Turin.

Have you ever desired a sneak peak of your favorite artist, architect or designer's home? Or to visit that eclectic building that you pass every day in front of, but which is normally closed to the public? From today, June 16, until 19, the Open House Italia event in its headquarters in Milan, Naples, Rome and Turin, opens to the public some significant buildings built by 5 internationally renowned architects, protagonists of the review "Timeless architects ".


The project, carried out in collaboration with the General Direction of Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, is aimed at making accessible and rediscovering the works of the iconic architects of the 20th century.


In Milan. it will therefore be possible to enter the spaces of the house of the architect Gae Aulenti (1927 - 2012), in the photograh, while in Naples, reaching via Nevio 102 on the Posillipo hill, you will be able to explore the residential complex designed by the architect Stefania Filo Speziale between 1956 and 1959: for her, landscape has always been the living material from which to start designing and shaping the forms of living.

In Rome, rationalism triumphs in its Italian connotations skilfully mixed with international stylistic elements: in Trastevere, the iconic Littorio Italian Youth House, designed by architect Luigi Moretti in 1933, opens its doors to visitors.
And finally, in Chieri (Turin), you will find yourself in front of the Casa Manolino with the uncertainty of being suddenly catapulted into a set set in the Renaissance, or in the Middle Ages. Architects Sergio Jaretti and Elio Luzi designed this masterpiece of eclecticism in 1956!


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