Collection by Emma Marsano
Modern Historical Home Renovations in Italy
In compliance with strict regulations on historical renovations, these five Italian homes deftly incorporate original structure into modern remodels.
When Guido and Sabrina Chiavelli left their tiny apartment in Asolo to begin their family life in the northern Italian countryside, they chose to renovate a crumbling sandstone farmhouse. The desire to preserve the building's original structure while adding a modern aesthetic led the couple to augment the stone walls with teak panels and wide windows.
Photo by Helenio Barbetta.
This 1930s farmhouse on the coast of Tuscany is sited on a podere, land claimed from
the low-lying salt marshes by the Fascist government in the early decades of the 20th
century. The Dutch technique of “podering” the landscape refers to the process of creating a grid of levees and then draining the squares, which leaves a gridded farmscape with low, even ridges dividing it.