The Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli occupies a sharp, triangular building of glass and timber that seems to fold into the pavement like a closing book. It holds one of Europe's largest private collections of documents on political and…
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 sits as a raised circular island, defined by its reflective, elevated platform and the glass-clad Solaria Tower hovering above the southern edge. The square replaced a scarred industrial railway yard, transforming a…
3. UniCredit Tower
The UniCredit Tower stands as the tallest building in Italy, a needle of glass and steel that slices the Milanese skyline at seven hundred and thirty-one feet. Designed by architect Cesar Pelli, its most striking feature is the spire, a…
4. Torre Solaria
The Torre Solaria rises above the Milan skyline as the tallest residential building in all of Italy. Its facade features a jagged, crystalline geometry of glass panels that catch the sun from every angle. When construction finished in…
5. Diamantone
The building known as the Diamantone features a distinctive, angular glass facade that mimics the sharp, asymmetrical cuts of a large diamond. It stands as the tallest point of the Porta Nuova business district. Before developers…
6. BAM - Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano
The Biblioteca degli Alberi stretches across the base of the sleek skyscrapers in Porta Nuova as a rigid grid of circular forests, geometric lawns, and straight paths. Designed by Petra Blaisse, it acts as a contemporary botanical library…
7. Bosco Verticale
Two residential towers rise in the Isola district, their concrete facades wrapped in nearly twenty thousand trees, shrubs, and perennial plants. Architect Stefano Boeri designed the Bosco Verticale, or vertical forest, to act as a…