Rome Archive

Degli Uberti, Rome. A store where everything is changeable and constantly changing

Inspired by techwear’s clean designs, attention to volume, focus on materials, Andrea Bonsignore chooses to make clothes for the protagonists, rather than the store itself

Enrico Chhibber

Leporello, Rome. The process of perfecting bookselling

How can a small bookstore survive under the pressure of online retailers? Owners must develop strategies to slip from the grip of online retailers, offering that which cannot be bought online

Gregorio Zanacchi Nuti

La Fondazione, Rome. A 700-square-meter hall for sharing and dialogue

«The exhibitions are not isolated episodes but chapters of a single story we hope will lead to unprecedented perspectives». In conversation with La Fondazione Curator Pier Paolo Pancotto

Alessandro Mariani

ERNO – Edicola Romana Non Ordinaria, Rome. New life for an old kiosk

The only way to revive printed matter is to combine it with something to do: to talk, drink, eat and share, as seen at Edicola Romana Non Ordinaria in Rome

Valerio Piperata

One Room, Rome. Photography as seen through the lens of theory and practice

In 2008 Stefano Ruffa founded a place to encounter and experience the images he consumed. Today he works to introduce people to the world of photography – and to the medium of the photobook

Veronica Gisondi

Bistro’f, Rome. Officine Fotografiche’s café and a bookstore for the different facets of photography

«A magazine has to be broad, open to different themes, places, times and genres otherwise it becomes a photo album. I choose magazines based on this criterium» states curator Mariella Boccadoro

Giulia Cangianiello

Il Giardino Ristorante, Rome. A culinary experience on the upper floors of the ludovisi district

French studio Jouin Manku has designed the restaurant hall on the top of the Hotel Eden Roma, Dorchester Collection – and the 200 square meter kitchen for chef Fabio Ciervo’s ultrasonic cooking

Matteo Mammoli

Hotel Locarno, Rome. A guesthouse from the twenties made into a film by Bernard Weber in 1978

Eight years of renovation to bring back the hotel as it was once. Hotel Locarno is also the inspiration for three publications, a theatrical performance, two novels and a book by Mondadori Electa, titled Still Roma. Hotel Locarno with a View

Editorial Team

The Hoxton, Rome. The city opens up to northern Europe with the latest launching at Parioli

Italian Seventies modernism in dialogue with London design. Hospitality company Ennismore grows again – ranked #30 in the Sunday Times’s Profit Track 100 ranks Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing profits

Matteo Mammoli

Chez Dédé, Rome. Italian attitude and French allure

Painting, photography and a collection of objects picked up around the world or designed by the artistic duo who launched the concept store

Cesare Cunaccia

Holypopstore, Rome. Know-how in the retail world

A physical and virtual container that combines art, culture, and underground fashion owes its success to its contemporary vision and know-how in the retail world

Giulia Cangianiello

Contemporary Cluster, Rome. Interdisciplinarity and contamination at Palazzo Brancaccio without architectural and spatial constraints

Home of an art center specialized in 3D art and installations where established artists and emerging talents are encouraged to push the boundaries of art and have carte blanche to experiment with scales, formats and media they are not familiar with

Agnese Torres