architecture + DESIGN
The Magnificence of Milano Centrale Train Station
Everyone agrees that train delays are an epic pain, but I cherish the moments when I am forced to wait around Milano Centrale,…
A Secret Shopping Street in Rome
5th Avenue, High Street, Miracle Mile- explore Rome’s magic shopping street.
A Love Letter to Paper and Heritage Brand Pineider
Nearly 250 years since its founding, heritage paper maker Pineider is still writing history and now the future. Director…
My Local Guide to Rome’s Flaminio Neighborhood
When the Washington Post’s new platform By The Way asked me to share my favorite neighborhoods in the city, I immediately…
A Design Guide to Milan, Italy
Design Snobs Will Love This Guide to Milan Milan — once overlooked as the middle child of Italy — is really enjoying its…
Typecast: Design and Font Florence’s Santa Maria Novella, train station
Finding typography at Florence's Santa Maria Novella Station
How to Do the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2018
My article on the 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture appeared in Condè Nast Traveler, May 2018. Our guide to the very best of…
Etel sets its Brazilian roots down in a new organic Milan Flagship
This article first appeared in WallPaper, December 2017. When Etel decided to open its European flagship in Milan, they wanted…
Cloud 9: Fuksas’ Nuvola
It’s been ten years since I went to MAXXI to hear architecture Massimiliano Fuksas talk about his dreams of clouds, and…
Not to miss: #FendiHQ and A New Rome
Head & Shoulders was wrong, you do get a second chance to make a first impression. EUR, Rome’s…
5 Hidden Streets to Walk in Rome
Five Hidden Streets to Walk in Rome originally appeared on October 14, 2015 in Travel + Leisure. Out-of-the-way gems can still…
Excelsior Hotel Gallia, Milan’s Great Gatsby
…and to this conception, he was faithful to the end The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925) I will admit it. I am a…