Works

“This is a strong reference to the archetype, one which is considered as the need to return to the origin of things.” — Lucia Barbara Galli

Off Club

ROME, Italy — Jun 2018

A walled garden of golden shadows and black mirrors.

“They are emptied of their historical specificity; as in our dreams, the only link that remains is the emotional one.” — Ana Araujo

Specus Corallii

TRAPANI, Italy, Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Sala Laurentina — Sep 2016

The coral cave is a refuge from the world.

Colour as a Narrative

LONDON, UK, Illuminum Fragrance — Apr 2015

Behind a portal in London, a small grey grotto.

Crepuscular Green

ROME, Italy, Mondrian Suite — Apr 2014

A greenish dawn as seen from the depths of the river.

House of Dust

ROME, Italy — Mar 2013

Classical orders and golden proportions celebrate dust.

“They follow a logic akin to the one of the picturesque garden. They trick your expectations; they point to another world.” — Ana Araujo

Min

LONDON, UK, Sir John Soane’s Museum — Sep 2014

The arch derived its figure from the Phallus.

Arcade

MILAN, Italy — Apr 2012

The arch rediscovers value of connection and separation.

Postmodern Cafe

LONDON, UK, Victoria & Albert Museum — Aug 2011

Homage to Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–90.

House for Wallpaper*

MARRAKECH, Morocco, Wallpaper* Architects Directory — Mar 2009

“The world’s 30 most talented young architectural practices.”

“In the realization phase, the process of decantation of signs is so effective that the language appears strengthened.” — Massimo Locci

Monteverde

ROME, Italy — Jan 2011

“La casa corrisponde ad un principio di identità.”

Akin to a Cinema Set

MILAN, Italy, Sergio Rossi / Wallpaper* Magazine — Apr 2010

“An exciting and significant collaboration for Wallpaper*.”

The Inexact Quality

TAKARAZUKA, Japan, 野村工務店 Nomura Koumuten — Mar 2010

「今回、アントニオさんのこだわり、デザイン性等、本当に勉強になったと感じて います。」

“It could be an observatory to contemplate one’s own soul. One’s own desires, own fears.” — Stefano Mirti and Gioia Guerzoni

VII — Purple House

PEMBROKESHIRE, UK — Oct 2011

An unconscious trip into the Norman legacy.

VI — House of Twelve

MELBOURNE, Australia — May 2009

The ruins of ancient Rome as fantastic visions.

V — Concrete Moon House

MELBOURNE, Australia — Oct 2008

A story between two diverse formal identities.

IV — Max's House in a Small Lake

NIMES, France — Jul 2008

A human landing stage on the edge of a natural border.

III — House of Convexities

BARCELONA, Spain — Mar 2008

A curved wall jokes with the light.

II — Vaulted House

PARMA, Italy — Jan 2008

The silence of a large nave.

I — Ellipse 1501 House

ROME, Italy — Mar 2007

A house in the shape of a tower.

“Each part of the building resonates in the other, as in an ancient village, where life and time settle the earth.” — Antonino Cardillo

Nude Tower

ROME, Italy — Nov 2007

Tower on Rome’s Tiber embankment.

Birnbeck Island

WESTON-SUPER-MARE, UK, RIBA / Urban Splash — Oct 2007

Masterplan for the RIBA Birnbeck Island competition.

Trapani Marina

TRAPANI, Italy, Università di Palermo — 2002–1994

Series of projects for the Trapani Marina.