Christopher Garis

May 29, 2024 | yahoo.com | Christopher Garis

Wealthy cities tend to get remade, frequently and boldly, and Milan is undoubtedly a child of this type of reinvention. The collision of industry, artistry, and finance has created a layered urban archaeology that jumps from Roman to Renaissance to postmodern. So when ELLE DECOR A-List architect Hannes Peer first saw his client’s second-floor apartment in Milan’s center, it felt like a rare opportunity.

May 8, 2024 | ad-italia.it | Christopher Garis |Giulio Ghirardi

Casa degli Atellani, la collezione di pietre di Piero Portaluppi trova una nuova, magnifica collocazione. Quando, qualche tempo fa, l’architetto Piero Castellini Baldissera ha deciso di trasferirsi nell’appartamento al piano terra, un tempo appartenuto al nonno, l’architetto Piero Portaluppi (1888–1967), in Casa degli Atellani, gioiello del Rinascimento nel cuore di Milano restaurato proprio da Portaluppi. Lo spazio non veniva abitato da anni.

Mar 18, 2024 | worldofinteriors.com | Christopher Garis

When architect Piero Castellini Baldissera decided to move into his late grandfather’s ground-floor apartment in Casa degli Atellani, Milan, some time ago, the space had not been lived in for years. The dusty walls had last been decorated after World War II, and despite the innovative design choices of his relative, noted architect Piero Portaluppi (1888–1967), some aspects needed to be reconsidered.

Jan 19, 2024 | airmail.news | Christopher Garis

On a recent sun-drenched winter’s day in Tangier, 50 guests celebrated New Year’s Eve around a long table on the veranda at British designer Jasper Conran’s hotel Villa Mabrouka. Though the catastrophic September earthquake shook the tourism industry, daily life in Morocco’s northernmost city is back to normal.

Jan 12, 2024 | worldofinteriors.com | Christopher Garis

It began as a whim. Carlo Clavarino, a marchese whose roots in Liguria go back six centuries, was at lunch in an impeccably kept palace in Genoa when his host whispered that it was for sale. Throughout the meal the thought burrowed its way in, and later that day he called his brother Roberto to get his opinion. ‘The only palazzo worth buying is Angelo Giovanni Spinola,’ he said, referring to one of the larger buildings in Via Garibaldi.