Skilift

Skilift

Place: Sauze d’Oulx (TO), Lago Nero

Authors: Carlo Mollino (original project); Giovanni Brino and Giorgio Ranieri (restoration) 

Chronology: 1946 | 1947 (original project); 1999 | 2005 (restoration)

Itinerary: Italy goes on vacation

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Olivetti ICO Factory

Olivetti ICO Factory

Place: Ivrea, Via Jervis

AuthorsLuigi Figini, Gino Pollini, Annibale Fiocchi (III extension); G. Boschetti (IV extension); Enrico Giacopelli (restoration); Dante Oscar Benini (interiors)

Chronology: 1896 (“red brick” building); 1934 | 1936 (I extension); 1937 | 1939 (II extension); 1939 | 1949 (III extension); 1956 | 1957 (IV extension); 2004 | 2009 (restoration)

Itinerary: An hard-working country

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