Markets Forget fashion, Milan is now Europe’s hottest data centre hub Several of the world’s leading data centre hyperscalers are eyeing Northern Italy – and Milan, in particular – to expand their footprint. This has nothing to do with the catwalks.…
News 18,500 capacity stadium unveiled for Venice Kansas-based architect Populous and Italy’s Maffeis Engineering have unveiled the design for a 18,500-seat stadium for football, Serie A rugby and concerts in Venice. The stadium’s curved design is inspired…
Projects Webuild finishes 18-month restoration of bakers’ Renaissance church Italian contractors Webuild and Vianini Lavori have completed an 18-month restoration of the 16th Century Church of Santa Maria di Loreto in Rome’s historic centre. The project was part of…
News ZHA unveils masterplan for regeneration of eastern Naples Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won a competition to design a large-scale urban regeneration scheme in Naples. The masterplan for “Napoli Porta Est” (Naples East Gate) sets out a €700m…
News Construction starts on Zaha Hadid Architect’s Centre of Mediterranean Culture Work has begun on the Centre of Mediterranean Culture, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) for a site on the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland. The…
News Webuild’s Milan station features mediaeval wall discovered during construction Italian contractor Webuild has completed an extension at Milan’s Sant’Ambrogio metro station, which includes a display of a mediaeval wall found during its construction. A 70m-long passage has a glass…
News Stantec, Drees & Sommer land roles on Silicon Box’s €3.2bn plant in Italy Canadian designer and engineer Stantec and German consultancy Drees & Sommer have been selected to help design Silicon Box’s new €3.2bn semiconductor assembly and test plant in Italy. Singapore’s Silicon…
News Saudi Arabia’s Neom secures $3bn of Italian funding Saudi Arabia’s $1.5 trillion Neom development has secured $3bn in funding from state-owned Italian financier SACE, paving the way for Italian businesses, suppliers and SMEs to work on the programme’s…
News OMA redesigns Turin’s Egyptian museum as journey into the light A team made up of Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Italian practice Andrea Tabocchini Architecture has redesigned a gallery in Turin’s Egyptian Museum. The new “Gallery of…
News Acciona to build breakwater for Italian port of Ravenna A consortium that includes Spain’s Acciona and Italy’s RCM Construzioni has been selected to build a 880m-long, 22m-wide breakwater at the Port of Ravenna in eastern Italy. The structure will…
News Webuild picked for radical makeover of Bologna FC’s Dall’Ara stadium Rome-based contractor Webuild has signed a partnership with Bologna football club to renovate the Renato Dall’Ara stadium, built in 1927. The €200m project will demolish and rebuild all the stands,…
News Webuild teams up with Ansaldo Nucleare to develop advanced reactors Webuild has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineer Ansaldo Nucleare to develop small modular reactors (SMRs). The two Italian companies are planning to work together over the next five…
News EU releases €2bn more to help quake-hit Italy rebuild The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed a further €2bn to help rebuild areas in central Italy damaged by earthquakes in 2016 and 2017. Half the money will be a…
News AS Roma unveil stadium designed by Populous Italian football team AS Roma has revealed images of its new home, as imagined by American architect Populous. A roadmap for the project is still to be announced, but a…
News Nuclear-averse Italy now wants small modular reactors Thirty-five years after shutting down its last nuclear power station, Italy is planning to restart its nuclear industry with small modular reactors (SMRs), the Financial Times reports. Energy minister Gilberto…
News Italy cleared to give €2bn for Sicilian semiconductor plant The European Commission on Friday agreed to let Italy offer €2bn in state aid for France’s STMicroelectronics to build a €5bn chip factory in Sicily. The company wants to build…
News Robotic factory to make 160 ashlar blocks a day for Turin-Lyon tunnel Webuild is setting up France’s first robotic ashlar-block factory to line the inside of Lot 2 of the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail tunnel. The company said the plant’s intensive automation will…
News The pressure’s on for tunnellers pioneering hyperbaric excavation in Italy In a first for Italy, contractor Webuild is using increased air pressure to create a hyperbaric atmosphere in a section of tunnel it’s building under Naples for the Naples-Bari high-speed-high…