The Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli is identifiable by its long, linear structure and steeply pitched roof, which creates a rhythmic, gabled silhouette along Viale Pasubio. Designed by the architects Herzog and de Meuron, the building…
Porta Nuova Modern Architecture
I designed this walk to show you how Milan seamlessly transitioned from its historic past into a global capital of sustainable high-tech architecture. You will weave through soaring glass towers, elevated pedestrian squares, and lush urban forests that define the city's futuristic skyline.
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1. Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
2. Piazza Gae Aulenti
Piazza Gae Aulenti is a raised, circular platform that spans one hundred meters in diameter, hovering six meters above the street level of Via Vincenzo Capelli. Designed by Argentine architect César Pelli and inaugurated on December…
3. UniCredit Tower
The UniCredit Tower is recognizable by its eighty-meter stainless-steel spire that rises above a complex of three curved, glass-clad buildings. Designed by architect César Pelli, the tallest of these structures reaches two hundred…
4. Torre Solaria
Torre Solaria is marked by a distinctive three-winged floorplan that extends from a central core, creating a star-like silhouette against the sky. Standing one hundred forty-three meters tall in the Porta Nuova district, this residential…
5. Diamantone
The Diamantone, or Diamond Tower, rises one hundred forty meters above the Porta Nuova business district. Its most striking feature is an irregular, multifaceted geometry where the perimeter columns incline away from the vertical axis,…
6. BAM - Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano
BAM, or Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano, is a ninety-five-thousand-square-meter public park in the Porta Nuova district defined by a geometric network of intersecting paths and twenty-two circular forests. Unlike traditional parks, it…
7. Bosco Verticale
The Bosco Verticale consists of two residential towers, one reaching one hundred sixteen meters and the other eighty-four meters, covered by hundreds of trees and thousands of shrubs. Designed by Stefano Boeri and inaugurated in two…