Collection by Matthew Keeshin

Modern Italian Renovations

These renovations connect rustic, classic, and modern design in Italy.

SCAPE's transformation of the two top floors of a freestanding house in Rome's Colle Oppio neighborhood is a project that, as is often the case working with the city's ancient fabric, involved complex factors. The 2,368-square-foot apartment was distributed over three levels with two main floors and a mezzanine, "the fruit of numerous interventions that had been carried out in a disorderly and incoherent manner over the last twenty years." The renovation required structural work as well, including the consolidation of the floor slabs and roofing.
SCAPE's transformation of the two top floors of a freestanding house in Rome's Colle Oppio neighborhood is a project that, as is often the case working with the city's ancient fabric, involved complex factors. The 2,368-square-foot apartment was distributed over three levels with two main floors and a mezzanine, "the fruit of numerous interventions that had been carried out in a disorderly and incoherent manner over the last twenty years." The renovation required structural work as well, including the consolidation of the floor slabs and roofing.
By creating a desk out of roof beams, this home office perfectly integrates into an open-plan renovation of a Northern Italian farmhouse.
By creating a desk out of roof beams, this home office perfectly integrates into an open-plan renovation of a Northern Italian farmhouse.
Podere 43 allows for an endless array of leisure activities like ping-pong.
Podere 43 allows for an endless array of leisure activities like ping-pong.
Filled with crisp lines and textural contrasts, the interior plan widens the small apartment by setting it apart, creating alcoves, living spaces, and sculptural dimension within the open white space.
Filled with crisp lines and textural contrasts, the interior plan widens the small apartment by setting it apart, creating alcoves, living spaces, and sculptural dimension within the open white space.