Homebuildlife: Droulers: feeling at home in Italian style

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

London, Mayfair 2012. Photo Pietro Savorelli

Published by Electa, Droulers: Feeling Home is a bilingual volume (in Italian and English) with texts by Francesca Molteni, which recounts the quest for beauty driving the work of Italian architects Nathalie and Virginie Droulers.

Cortina, Crignes 2008-2009. Photo Pietro Savorelli

Studio Droulers Architecture was founded in Milan in 2000, after the two sisters had gathered design experience: Nathalie trained at the Politecnico di Milano and produced her early work as an architect in New York with Clodagh Design. Virginie graduated from the Parsons School of Design and subsequently worked at Berenter Greenhouse and Webster.

Milano, Parco Sempione 2009-2010. Photo Pietro Savorelli

The studio works with the craftsmen and crafts that have always distinguished Italy: Murano glassblowing, Florentine bronzes, Lombard cabinetry, Italian woven fabrics and marbles. The book's 250 illustrations chart the firm’s international projects - created in Cannes, New York, Cortina, London and Milan.