An Italian (and design) summer
An Italian summer, sang Gianna Nannini in 1990. An Italian summer, they all repeat themselves thinking about this year's holidays. Put aside the preparations for distant destinations and exotic adventures, we are in fact preparing to discover - or rediscover - the beauties of our country. To do, through fault or merit of reduced mobility, tourists in our home, where art and nature act as protagonists. But be careful: even the accommodation facilities can give great satisfaction and leave you speechless. Just look at these 5 designer hotels, designed by the most famous architects and perfect for design lovers.
Verona, Byblos Art Hotel
Where history meets design and the frescoes and seventeenth-century marbles of an ancient villa blend with the furnishings of the greatest international creatives, from to , from to . It happens at the Byblos Art Hotel in Verona: a luxury hotel where interior design is the result of the creativity of the architect and designer , who has harmonized bright colors and plastic forms with the classic environments of Villa Amistà.
Venice, Palazzina Grassi
In the heart of Venice, between Piazza San Marco and the Rialto bridge, there is Palazzina Grassi: the first Italian hotel born from the inspiration of the French archistar . Housed in a sixteenth-century building overlooking the Grand Canal, it reinterprets luxury with creativity and stands out for its eclectic and characterful interiors in which classic and modern materials, traditional materials and technology are mixed.
Milan, Room Mate Giulia
Ironic and colorful, cheerful and welcoming, Room Mate Giulia in Milan immediately reveals the unmistakable style of those who "dressed" it. The interior of the boutique hotel in via Silvio Pellico, a few meters from Piazza del Duomo, was in fact signed by the eclectic , who focused on a mix of contemporary patterns, vintage quotes, traditional materials and works by Milanese artists.
Sorrento, Parco dei Principi
It was 1959 when the engineer Roberto Fernandes commissioned the architect to convert an eighteenth-century building immersed in a 27-hectare park on the Sorrento coast into a hotel. A few years later, in 1962, the Parco dei Principi was born: one of the first design hotels in the world. A historical address that, after almost sixty years, continues to enchant with its ceramics that recall the seascapes and that of authentic Italian 1950s design. Without forgetting the seawater swimming pool immersed in the botanical park: for Gio Ponti, "a body of water for wood nymphs".
Rimini, DuoMo Hotel
Unusual coatings and shapes, with futuristic and at times provocative details, distinguish the duoMo hotel in Rimini. Inaugurated in 2006, it bears the signature of the Israeli archistar who has chosen materials such as corian, teak, resin, bronze and polished steel. Many design names have been chosen for the furnishings, from to , from to and .
Article written for Mohd and signed by Ilenia Carlesimo, La Repubblica contributor journalist.
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