A massive Generali sign atop the Hadid Tower in Milan CityLife partially collapsed. Early Monday morning (June 30), the huge ...

One of the giant Generali signs that crown the Italian insurer's head offices in Milan collapsed on Monday, remaining atop ...

The plane punched a hole through the slim, 30-story Pirelli building in downtown Milan, and smoke billowed out for hours from the gash over the clear afternoon sky.

For the next 700 years, ecclesiastical ambition pitted cathedrals from Beauvais to Ulm as rivals for the title of Europe’s tallest building. The race ended in 1889, when the wrought iron Eiffel Tower ...

Pirelli was in a good financial position in the 1950s and commissioned Ponti to design an American-style skyscraper. Designed with engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, the tower had a long, narrow plan that ...

Milan bay be known for many things—fashion, design, art. Riveting skyscrapers, on the other hand, have been few and far between since 1958, when Gio Ponti’s Pirelli Tower and BBPR’s Torre Velasca ...

The Italian city has a reputation for being gray, but its architecture is far from dull. By Dung Ngo Milan is among Italy’s largest and most influential cities: Founded in 590 B.C., it ...

The crash killed the 67-year-old Fasulo and two regional government lawyers working in the landmark Pirelli tower in downtown Milan, and at the time raised fears of another terrorist attack ...

Among his best-known buildings is the 32-story Pirelli Tower in Milan. As a designer, Ponti created pieces such as the famous Superleggera chair, which has been referred to as a "masterpiece of ...

A new atlas tracks a design movement that continues to shape architecture today. In a remarkable convergence of creative ...