Milan through design: from the Compasso d’Oro to the contemporary city

Milan through design: <br>from the Compasso d’Oro<br> to the contemporary city

design Tour

The museum traces the history of Italian design through the Compasso d’Oro Historical Collection. It is housed in a restored twentieth-century industrial complex between Via Ceresio and Via Bramante.

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Civic-centered space

Formerly the premises of Carminati & Toselli, a company specialising in the construction and repair of railway and tramway vehicles, it is now a cultural centre dedicated to creativity and social exchange.

Milan's Monumental Cemetery

Designed by Carlo Maciachini and opened in 1866, it brings together architecture, sculpture, landscape and the civic memory of the city.

City district

The neighbourhood’s main pedestrian street reveals a multicultural Milan shaped by shops, restaurants, independent businesses and everyday community life.

City district

The former tollhouses and the line of the old city walls enter into dialogue with the Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli building, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.

Urban green gateway

Contemporary architecture, pedestrian areas and public greenery define the urban transformation of Porta Nuova. The Library of Trees is a public park designed by Inside Outside | Petra Blaisse.

Along your walk

Designed by Gio Ponti, Antonio Fornaroli, Alberto Rosselli and their team, with Pier Luigi Nervi and Arturo Danusso responsible for the structural engineering, it was inaugurated on 4 April 1960. It is one of the leading icons of modern architecture in Milan.

City district

Palazzo Brera, redeveloped from the seventeenth century onwards by Francesco Maria Richini, houses several major cultural institutions. The surrounding neighbourhood is one of Milan’s principal design districts, with showrooms, galleries and studios.