{"id":195232,"date":"2022-04-06T10:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&#038;p=195232"},"modified":"2022-11-14T12:58:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:58:07","slug":"benedetta-tagliabue-embt-designs-a-contemporary-church-in-northern-italy","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/benedetta-tagliabue-embt-designs-a-contemporary-church-in-northern-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT Designs a Contemporary Church in Northern Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:49% 48%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1-1024x478.png\" alt=\"The sawtooth brickwork cladding San Giacomo Apostolo Church, a ground-up Catholic parish complex in Ferrara, Italy, by Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT, nods to the carved facade of a 15th-century palazzo nearby, for an appearance that\u2019s both modern and historic.\" class=\"wp-image-195693 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1-1024x478.png 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1.png 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/478;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1-1024x478.png\" alt=\"The sawtooth brickwork cladding San Giacomo Apostolo Church, a ground-up Catholic parish complex in Ferrara, Italy, by Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT, nods to the carved facade of a 15th-century palazzo nearby, for an appearance that\u2019s both modern and historic.\" class=\"wp-image-195693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1-1024x478.png 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-cr1-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768-1.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The sawtooth brickwork cladding San Giacomo Apostolo Church, a ground-up Catholic parish complex in Ferrara, Italy, by Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT, nods to the carved facade of a 15th-century palazzo nearby, for an appearance that\u2019s both modern and historic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">April 6, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>Words: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/giovanna-dunmall\">Giovanna Dunmall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>Photography: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/roland-halbe\">Roland Halbe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h1 class=\"size-small wp-block-heading\">Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT Designs a Contemporary Church in Northern Italy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Sinuous and sculptural, San Giacomo Apostolo Church is capped by deconstructed planes of thin copper panels. Topping the ground-up parish complex in the northern Italian city of Ferrara, the roofscape was inspired by a hot-air balloon after it falls flat to the ground. \u201cWhen we were coming up with ideas, we found this image of a balloon festival in the skies of Ferrara, struck by what impressive, colorful, and light structures they were,\u201d architect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirallestagliabue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benedetta Tagliabue<\/a> recalls. \u201cAt the same time, we were looking at the beautiful city, its brick and monochromatic hues, medieval and Renaissance architecture, and thinking Why should we go back to history and mimic it? Let\u2019s be inspired by something else.\u201d Inspired she was. The unique roof is just one of several contemporary standouts in the decade-long project masterminded by Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT, the Spanish studio Tagliabue cofounded with her late husband Enric Miralles and of which she is now CEO and head architect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Inside, beneath 500-year-old nonstructural beams, the altar, carved from a single block of Italian limestone, is backed by a site-specific cross sculpture by Enzo Cucchi.\" class=\"wp-image-195243 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Inside, beneath 500-year-old nonstructural beams, the altar, carved from a single block of Italian limestone, is backed by a site-specific cross sculpture by Enzo Cucchi.\" class=\"wp-image-195243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt11.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Inside, beneath 500-year-old nonstructural beams, the altar, carved from a single block of Italian limestone, is backed by a site-specific cross sculpture by Enzo Cucchi. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Commissioned in 2011 by the Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, Italy\u2019s official assembly of bishops, San Giacomo Apostolo is part of a pilot program to erect three new Catholic parishes throughout the country where growing congregations made new facilities necessary. Composed of a 7,600-square-foot church and rectory, plus a 9,000-square-foot annex with meeting and classroom spaces, it shares a plot with the former church, now a nursery and kindergarten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Beneath the wavy roof, a striped undulating exterior of red brick and white concrete underscores the church\u2019s modern expression. \u201cUsing two materials was partly about not wanting to be overly assertive with one,\u201d Tagliabue explains, \u201cbut it was about giving the building visibility, too.\u201d The materials also contribute to the project being contextual: The brickwork, a three-point pattern in some sections, nods to the carved marble \u201cdiamond\u201d exteriors of the 15th-century Palazzo dei Diamanti nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Raw concrete and cement composite form the interior envelope.\" class=\"wp-image-195234 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Raw concrete and cement composite form the interior envelope.\" class=\"wp-image-195234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt02.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raw concrete and cement composite form the interior envelope. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Custom pulpit furniture was milled from beech and mahogany laminates.\" class=\"wp-image-195235 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Custom pulpit furniture was milled from beech and mahogany laminates.\" class=\"wp-image-195235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt03.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Custom pulpit furniture was milled from beech and mahogany laminates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A corridor, its fir ceiling vault and window frames referencing the site\u2019s surrounding poplar trees, leads from the church to the annex containing a parish hall and classrooms.\" class=\"wp-image-195236 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A corridor, its fir ceiling vault and window frames referencing the site\u2019s surrounding poplar trees, leads from the church to the annex containing a parish hall and classrooms.\" class=\"wp-image-195236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt04.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A corridor, its fir ceiling vault and window frames referencing the site\u2019s surrounding poplar trees, leads from the church to the annex containing a parish hall and classrooms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Inside the church is equally impressive and unexpected. Light, both natural and artificial, is a defining characteristic. It pours in through a central oculus and surrounding clerestories, encouraging congregants to look ever heavenwards, and is supplemented by Tagliabue\u2019s domelike beech pendant fixtures. Also in abundance is concrete. She and her team had wanted to build the church out of wood but couldn\u2019t because of budget constraints. When they settled on concrete, they\u2019d planned to treat it but realized, despite initial client opposition, that it was more beautiful in its raw form, particularly as a backdrop to site-specific artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Beneath the central skylight, an emblematic baldachin in the shape of a scallop shell, symbolizing San Giacomo and baptism, is suspended.\" class=\"wp-image-195241 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Beneath the central skylight, an emblematic baldachin in the shape of a scallop shell, symbolizing San Giacomo and baptism, is suspended.\" class=\"wp-image-195241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt09.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beneath the central skylight, an emblematic baldachin in the shape of a scallop shell, symbolizing San Giacomo and baptism, is suspended.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Collaborating with sculptor and painter Enzo Cucchi is one of the reasons the project endured for so long. The works of Cucchi, who\u2019s part of the Transvanguardia, a neo-Espressionist movement, gave pause to the CEI\u2019s more conservative members. \u201cThey were afraid of what he would do, so it got stuck for a while,\u201d Tagliabue reports. But the artist kept his impulse for the provocative at bay, choosing instead to adorn eight walls of the church with large crosses in pietra serena, a noble gray sandstone, installed either vertically, slanted, or along a curve so that \u201cyou see the sculpture going around the edge,\u201d Tagliabue notes. Each cross has a black ceramic base carved in bas-relief with verses from the Old and New Testaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Behind the altar, a dramatic monolith carved from a single block of unpolished white limestone, is another, even larger cross devised by Cucchi. Its cues come from the early Christian and medieval tradition of the crux gemmata, Latin for jeweled cross, Cucchi studding the sculpture not only with golden ceramic elements but also surrounding it with glazed ceramic \u201cgems\u201d in colors that represent \u201cthe stars, saints, and angels in the sky,\u201d Tagliabue enthuses. \u201cI love that Enzo saw that, by enhancing the walls with a simple cross, they would become something else entirely. It\u2019s a fantastic integration between art and architecture\u2014the art ties right into the materiality of the project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Copper roof panels top the church and annex.\" class=\"wp-image-195237 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Copper roof panels top the church and annex.\" class=\"wp-image-195237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt05.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Copper roof panels top the church and annex. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">EMBT was keen to use timber where it could, so the firm created a vaulted ceiling of thin pine slats that encompasses a suspended metaphorical baldachin. The vault, which was fabricated on-site with intended and poetic gaps that \u201clet something of the original structure emerge,\u201d was about creating this \u201cidea of being in a humble cabin that keeps the community together,\u201d Tagliabue says. Wood, along with stripes, reappear in the furniture, for the pulpit, the chairs for the priests and acolytes, and the plinths, all made by the studio from alternating sections of mahogany and beech laminates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">One of the studio\u2019s concerns was not having the building look too new. \u201cIt\u2019s terrible if a church looks as if it\u2019s just landed there,\u201d Tagliabue states. The plan was to break some of the points on the exterior bricks so the facade looked older, but that was deemed too complicated and, Cucchi thought, \u201cmanneristic.\u201d However, the copper roof will help provide that desired patina, morphing from orange brown to matte green over time. For a sense of gravitas inside, the team inserted found objects with previous, preferably religious, lives: a baptismal fount Tagliabue\u2019s father sourced in an antiques shop, a Virgin Mary from a derelict church in Ferrara, an old monstrance and reliquary. In the concrete flooring, rectangular stone slabs with patterns reminiscent of old tombs have been inlaid to recall the floors of grand, centuries-old cathedrals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The floor is inlaid with dozens of rectangles of patterned Italian stone representing the tombs found in the floors of old cathedrals.\" class=\"wp-image-195239 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The floor is inlaid with dozens of rectangles of patterned Italian stone representing the tombs found in the floors of old cathedrals.\" class=\"wp-image-195239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt07.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The floor is inlaid with dozens of rectangles of patterned Italian stone representing the tombs found in the floors of old cathedrals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Floating above the entire nave is a flat horizontal cross of fir beams salvaged from Ferrara\u2019s town hall. Since they\u2019re at least 500 years old and dilapidated, they couldn\u2019t be used structurally. Instead they\u2019re joined together on metal beams to create a crowning crucifix that doesn\u2019t overawe or oppress, but rather imbues San Giacomo Apostolo with history and presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Beech-veneer pendant fixtures by Benedetta Tagliabue hang before additional crucifix wall sculptures by Cucchi.\" class=\"wp-image-195240 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Beech-veneer pendant fixtures by Benedetta Tagliabue hang before additional crucifix wall sculptures by Cucchi.\" class=\"wp-image-195240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt08.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beech-veneer pendant fixtures by Benedetta Tagliabue hang before additional crucifix wall sculptures by Cucchi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"In the nave, a pine-slat vault backdrops the beams, which were salvaged from Ferrara\u2019s recently restored town hall and installed in a cross formation.\" class=\"wp-image-195244 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"In the nave, a pine-slat vault backdrops the beams, which were salvaged from Ferrara\u2019s recently restored town hall and installed in a cross formation.\" class=\"wp-image-195244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt12_2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the nave, a pine-slat vault backdrops the beams, which were salvaged from Ferrara\u2019s recently restored town hall and installed in a cross formation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The sawtooth brickwork cladding San Giacomo Apostolo Church, a ground-up Catholic parish complex in Ferrara, Italy, by Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT, nods to the carved facade of a 15th-century palazzo nearby, for an appearance that\u2019s both modern and historic.\" class=\"wp-image-195233 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The sawtooth brickwork cladding San Giacomo Apostolo Church, a ground-up Catholic parish complex in Ferrara, Italy, by Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT, nods to the carved facade of a 15th-century palazzo nearby, for an appearance that\u2019s both modern and historic.\" class=\"wp-image-195233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The sawtooth brickwork cladding San Giacomo Apostolo Church, a ground-up Catholic parish complex in Ferrara, Italy, by Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT, nods to the carved facade of a 15th-century palazzo nearby, for an appearance that\u2019s both modern and historic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"The roof\u2019s form was inspired by Ferrara\u2019s annual hot-air balloon festival. Photography: Marcela Grassi.\" class=\"wp-image-195238 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/677;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"The roof\u2019s form was inspired by Ferrara\u2019s annual hot-air balloon festival. Photography: Marcela Grassi.\" class=\"wp-image-195238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt06.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The roof\u2019s form was inspired by Ferrara\u2019s annual hot-air balloon festival. Photography: Marcela Grassi. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"At night, light shining through the clerestory windows outlines the undulating roof.\" class=\"wp-image-195242 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"At night, light shining through the clerestory windows outlines the undulating roof.\" class=\"wp-image-195242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Interior-Design-Benedetta-Tagliabue-EMBT-San-Giacomo-Apostolo-Church-Italy-idx220401_mt10.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At night, light shining through the clerestory windows outlines the undulating roof.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-id-project-detail-title\"><h6 class=\"project-detail-title\">project team<\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-id-project-detail project-details-list__item undefined\"><a href=\"\"><span class=\"project-details-list__item__tag\">Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT<\/span><\/a><span class=\"project-details-list__item__description\">: joan callis; valentina nicol noris; nazaret busto rodr\u00edguez; julia de ory mallavia; daniel hern\u00e1n garc\u00eda; camilla persi<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-id-project-detail project-details-list__item undefined\"><a href=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/tag\/artec3-studio\/\"><span class=\"project-details-list__item__tag\">artec3 studio<\/span><\/a><span class=\"project-details-list__item__description\">: lighting consultant.<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-id-project-detail project-details-list__item undefined\"><a href=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/tag\/studio-iorio\/\"><span class=\"project-details-list__item__tag\">studio iorio<\/span><\/a><span 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lucietti<\/span><\/a><span class=\"project-details-list__item__description\">: windows, doors<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-id-project-detail project-details-list__item undefined\"><a href=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/tag\/gela\/\"><span class=\"project-details-list__item__tag\">gela<\/span><\/a><span class=\"project-details-list__item__description\">: copper supplier<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-id-project-detail project-details-list__item undefined\"><a href=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/tag\/san-marco-terreal\/\"><span class=\"project-details-list__item__tag\">san marco terreal<\/span><\/a><span class=\"project-details-list__item__description\">: brick supplier<\/span><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_actions none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Interior-Design-Hotel-Roundup-Oct24-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Interior-Design-Hotel-Roundup-Oct24-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Interior-Design-Hotel-Roundup-Oct24-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Interior-Design-Hotel-Roundup-Oct24.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Interior-Design-Hotel-Roundup-Oct24-1024x546.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A living room with concrete walls and a large couch\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\" 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