News Former Trieste petrol refinery to become park powered by ‘water batteries’ Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has designed a masterplan for a 365,000 sq m seafront park on the site of a former oil refinery. The masterplan will open up a previously…
News Webuild to put marine wildlife in aquarium while building Genoa breakwater A consortium led by Italy’s Webuild (40%) has explained its plan for protecting marine life affected by the construction of a breakwater at Genoa port. A team of marine biologists…
News Italy hopes to start world’s longest suspension bridge this year The board of directors of Stretto di Messina, the company formed to develop a suspension bridge between Sicily and the Italian mainland, has approved a design for the span, and…
News Five die on Florence site after concrete beam fails Five workers were killed and three seriously injured after part of a building collapsed on a construction site in Florence, Italy It happened Friday morning when a prefabricated concrete beam…
News Rome picks ‘forest city’ design for new science museum Rome has settled on a plan to turn an old military technology factory on Via Guido Reni in the Flaminio district into a forest-themed science museum. Italian architecture firm ADAT…
News Zaha Hadid Architects designs hydrogen fuel network for yachts Italian green energy company NatPower is planning to invest €100m in setting up green hydrogen stations for recreation boats in 25 Italian ports and marinas. A template for the stations…
News 19-acre vineyard tops Rafael Viñoly’s Florence airport expansion The design of a 50,000 sq m terminal for Florence Airport has been unveiled by Rafael Viñoly Architects, complete with a 19-acre rooftop vineyard. Thirty-eight rows of vines will be…
News New Turkish high-speed railway backed by UK, Italy, Poland, and Austria Export credit agencies from the UK, Italy, Poland, and Austria have joined Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) to secure €1.247bn to build a high-speed railway in Turkey. Turkey’s Ministry of…
News Bologna moves to shore up Italy’s other leaning tower The city of Bologna has begun a €4.3m project to prepare for the possible collapse of its famous, leaning Garisenda Tower, completed in 1119. The 48m-high structure leans at 4…
News Ayesa bags high-profile jobs in Poland, Italy Seville-headquartered digital and engineering consultant Ayesa has won two high-profile projects this month: a section of high-speed railway in Poland and a bridge in Italy. In Poland it will design…
News Vinci team picked to handle spoil from world’s longest rail tunnel A Vinci-led consortium has won an €800m contract to deal with 23 million tonnes of spoil produced in the boring of the 45km French section of the Mont Cenis base…
News Spanish-Italian JV picked for €650m railway round Mount Etna The Italian Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport has chosen a team to finance, design, and build a 10.6km section of a Sicilian railway with a development value of about €650m.
News Milan’s San Siro saved from demolition, plans for new stadium in jeopardy Milan’s Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, also known as the San Siro, has been saved from demolition owing to its historical significance. A statement sent to Tribuna from Lombardy’s Regional Commission of…
News €247m to be spent on modernising motorway between France and Italy A total of €247m in funding has been raised for modernisation and safety work on the A32 motorway that connects northwest Italy and France via the Frejus tunnel. The project…
News Webuild and Hitachi win section of €4.8bn Verona-Padua line A team made up of Rome-based contractor Webuild and Japan’s Hitachi Rail has won a section of a €4.8bn high-speed, high-capacity rail line between Verona and Padua. The Iricav Due…
News New stations open on Milan’s M4 metro line San Babila and Tricolore Stations have opened to the public on Milan’s M4 metro Line, bringing the total number of stations on the line to eight and allowing for passengers…
News Rome’s big new metro station to display unearthed artefacts Work has begun on a huge metro station in Rome that is set to become one of the city’s main transport hubs. Venezia Station is being built on Line C…
News Webuild and Ghella win €1.3bn Sicily rail contract An Italian consortium led by Webuild has won a €1.3bn contract to build a 30km stretch of the Palermo-to-Catania rail link in Sicily. The contract was awarded by state rail…