Venice 'will not modify bridge' Venice city council on Tuesday said it had no plans to make modifications to a new bridge over the Grand Canal despite the fact that people have been tripping up on its stone and glass steps.
New Venice bridge opened without fanfare A controversial new high-tech bridge over Venice's Grand Canal has been opened in the dead of night after the city council was forced to cancel its official inauguration over protests from local politicians.
Visionary experiments planned for Venice Architecture fair The 2008 edition of the Venice Architecture Biennial will spotlight experimental architecture and utopian visions rather than revisiting existing buildings, the event's director, Aaron Betsky, has announced.
New Venice bridge named A new high-tech bridge over Venice's Grand Canal was named after the Italian Constitution Tuesday but Venice Mayor Massimo Cacciari confirmed its inauguration by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano had been cancelled.
Venice hushes up bridge opening Venice city council is hushing up the opening of a new high-tech bridge over the lagoon city's Grand Canal after opposition politicians threatened to scupper its inauguration ceremony.
Fuss over new Venice bridge A right-wing councillor this week accused Venice city council of ''thoughtlessness'' over a new high-tech bridge on the Grand Canal due to open next month.
Milan Duomo facade restoration '90% complete' Restoration work on the facade of Milan's Duomo is ''90% complete'', officials said Friday.
Bridge of sighs to be restored Venice's famous Bridge of Sighs is to be restored over the next three years, authorities announced on Wednesday.
Etruscan tomb unearthed in Perugia An ancient Etruscan tomb has resurfaced after centuries underground during the course of building work in the central Italian city of Perugia.
Sicily bridge 'open in 2016' Plans to build the world's longest suspension bridge to link Sicily and the Italian mainland are back on track and the bridge may open as early as 2016, the head of Italy's road-building agency ANAS said Friday.
Seves: new showroom in Milan Five hundred metres in lilac for Seves' new creative and commercial outpost in Milan.
Work begins on belt for Venice bell-tower Work began in Venice this week to fit a titanium belt to one of the city's most famous landmarks, the bell-tower in St Mark's Square.
Italians to build Russian supercity Italian architects are to build a new futuristic metropolis the size of Manhattan in the Volga region of Russia.
Brtish abnd Italian firm win restyling contract - English and Italian architects will work together to give the Amerigo Vespucci airport in Florence a new look.
Grand Canal structure 'may have to be watched' - A slight movement in Venice's first new bridge in 70 years is worrying engineers carrying out the final tests on the controversial structure.
Riva Lofts gets top honours from British style magazine- British style magazine Wallpaper recently deemed Riva Lofts, a new hotel housed in an old factory in the working-class Isolotto neighbourhood in Florence, the Best New Hotel' in t
