Santa & Cole furniture harmonize with the fabrics used for the canopies and screens, with their patterns inspired by details of Pompeian mosaics preserved at the Archeological Museum. Co-founder Nicola Ciancio recounts the place 

Eight years of renovation to bring back the hotel as it was once. Hotel Locarno is also the inspiration for three publications, a theatrical performance, two novels and a book by Mondadori Electa, titled Still Roma. Hotel Locarno with a View

Courtyards are not the sole design attribute that gives reference to the city location. From designer Antonio Citterio to the materials, suppliers and design inspiration. Everything is sourced from and connected back to the city

A way of welcoming and living in Trieste, cultural crossroads between East and West Europe. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria appreciated his stays here

An Ai Weiwei photo series hangs within the living space. Lara Gilmore shares, «Three life-sized photographs depicting the artist breaking a 2000-year-old Chinese Hun vase: We took this as symbolism – breaking the old and choosing what to bring forth into the future»

Green, blue and palm trees, a watchtower on the beach. There is more to Sicily than the Valley of the Temples: it is a land of dukes, poets and artists

One of the best hotels reviewed by this column. The rooms overlooking the lake to the East, the swans taking flight, the sunlight dancing around the sundial

In a site that was once a factory producing Legnano racing bikes, before becoming the showroom for the Baccheschi-Berti family’s brand

A twenty-acre Tuscan oasis tucked between the river Arno and the Chianti hills where guests experience the countryside in a renovated agricultural structure

Places that were thought and designed as private mansions are transformed into public structures by Gabriele Salini, founder of GS Collection