Italy

NOA has created an eye-catching swimming pool and sauna extension to an existing hotel in South Tyrol, Italy. The project takes the form of a mountainside village made up of several huts, including some that have been turned upside down.

The iconic Lingotto factory in Turin, Italy, is a building beloved by architecture fans and petrol-heads alike. Previously home to Fiat's manufacturing and testing facilities, it has now begun a new chapter hosting a huge rooftop garden.

A pair of autonomous FlyingBasket FB3 heavy-lift drones have made their first urban cargo deliveries in Europe. Approved by the Italian authorities, each carried a 26 kg (57 lb) payload on a 3.9 km (2.4 mile) route in Torino before returning home.

Italian architect Carlo Scarpa once said "between a tree and a house, choose the tree." Carlo Ratti Associatti decided to choose both with its recent renovation of a beautiful Italian farmhouse, which is arranged around a 60-year-old ficus tree.

Your chance to own one of the most iconic dinosaurs is about to come up – provided you have a spare few million and an empty ballroom on hand. The largest known specimen of Triceratops, nicknamed “Big John,” will go up for auction in October.

Stefano Boeri Architetti is perhaps best known for its greenery covered buildings. However, the Italian firm is now turning its hand to the COVID-19 virus fight with a solar-powered building that will be used to administer vaccinations.

Borexino, a huge underground particle detector in Italy, has picked up a never-before-seen type of neutrino coming from the Sun. These neutrinos confirm a 90-year-old hypothesis and complete our picture of the fusion cycle of the Sun and other stars.

In August 2018, a section of Genoa's Morandi Bridge collapsed, killing 43 people. Following the disaster, Renzo Piano's firm was chosen to design its replacement and, after 15 months of work, the new bridge is now complete and in use.

Scientists in Italy have uncovered evidence of the coronavirus appearing in sewage months before the country confirmed its first cases, a finding that may help them understand the origins of the virus and how it spread throughout the country.

As it did in China, a lockdown in response to the coronavirus in Italy has led to a drop in air pollution over the country, in particular nitrogen dioxide, which scientists say is due to less traffic and industrial activity.

Stefano Boeri Architetti has completed a new project in the firm's native Italy, and for once it's not covered in greenery. That's not to say that Matera Centrale has no element of green design, as the train station is partly powered by solar panels.

The 1000 Miglia is a photographer's dream, combining rolling Italian countryside and beautiful traditional architecture with painstakingly restored vintage cars of the highest caliber actually being driven in all kinds of weather. Here's a selection of our favorite photos from the 2019 event.