
Buying land in Italy to build a house: what to check first
Buying land in Italy to build: reciprocity, zoning certificate, landscape limits, plot checks and taxes. What to verify first, from a Verona architects’ studio.
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Buying land in Italy to build: reciprocity, zoning certificate, landscape limits, plot checks and taxes. What to verify first, from a Verona architects’ studio.

Modern villa design in Italy: what defines it, its styles and four villas built by the studio, with the way a project is approached.

Architect fees for a luxury villa in Italy: typical percentages, what is included, the 4% Inarcassa contribution and VAT, and what the law requires in an estimate.

The Spanish magazine Arquitectura y Diseño dedicated a ten-image photo feature to Villa MD Home (28 November 2022).

Dentrocasa published “Giorno e notte” (19 May 2022), the restyling of a professional office in central Verona.

The portal EdiliziaNews published “Ville contemporanee smart” (22 December 2021) on Nice-Fibaro home automation in the studio’s villas in Verona.