Architects
The European hotel sector attracts investors
The European hotel investment market is poised for growth this year, with 70% of investors planning to increase their capital allocation in the sector, according to CBRE’s “2024 European Hotel Investor Intentions Survey”. Italy is the third-ranked European country for hotel investments, following Spain and the UK
The value of our history
Two exhibitions, one of late nineteenth century tiles held in Spezzano Castle and the other focusing on the work of Gio Ponti hosted in the MIC in Faenza, highlight the pioneering industrial nature and the aesthetic and functional versatility of Italian ceramic tiles
Italian ceramics at CDW 2024
For the third consecutive year, Ceramics of Italy will be participating in Clerkenwell Design Week, the UK’s leading independent architecture and interior design festival
Logistics real estate wins the “gold medal” for investments
A total of €1.7 billion was invested in logistics real estate in 2023, more than a quarter of the entire market. Total logistics assets amounted to 48 million square metres and sales revenue €5.5 billion. These are just a few of the statistics that emerge from the “2024 Report on the Logistics Real Estate Market in Europe and Italy” produced by Scenari Immobiliari in collaboration with SFRE
An exhibition explores the origins of Italian industrial tiles
An exhibition entitled “Le piastrelle da piccole. 1889-1939, i primi cinquant’anni del Distretto” featuring a collection of items of unexpected aesthetic and artistic interest was inaugurated on 20 April 2024 in Spezzano Castle (province of Modena)
The physical spaces devoted to architectural design at Cersaie
The 2024 edition of the International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings will occupy an additional hall to meet the growing demand for exhibition space. A dedicated area in Hall 19 will be devoted to the world of contract design and related offerings
Alchimia and ceramic tiles
The renowned post-radical avant-garde group, founded in Milan in the 1970s, designed ceramic tiles for the work “La stanza di Desdemona”, exhibited in 1982
The importance of experiencing Italian ceramics first-hand
The need to gain hands-on experience can be considered a reaction to the ongoing process of global digitalisation, in the ceramic industry as elsewhere
Working with the sun, the light and the wind
Elisabetta Trezzani has always prioritised environmental protection in her design projects. During the years she has spent working at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, she has explored the theme of sustainability, searching constantly for new solutions tailored to the specific needs of the building and its context
Converting waste into a resource using CO2
A research project, coordinated by the Ceramic Center, studying the possibility of using the CO2 generated in the ceramic tile production process to mineralize certain wastes, thus obtaining secondary raw materials for the building sector, with a view to the circular economy






