DESIGNER’s STORY
Gabriele Buratti, architect and professor of interior architecture at Milan Polytechnic Faculty of Design and Oscar Buratti, architect, created the BURATTI + BATTISTON ARCHITECTS studio.The studio works on projects of various scales. It creates residential, commercial and industrial buildings, works in historic centres, restores buildings and has designed and constructed numerous villas and buildings.
The studio’s most important activity is interior architecture, for offices, shops and apartments in Italy and abroad, and the interior design of trade fairs and showrooms. It is responsible for the image of La Perla boutiques and has created stores in some of the most important cities in the world. It designed the Tre Marie Café in Milan for the Barilla Group.
It enlarged the headquarters of the Bergamo Confindustria Association.In the design sector it has worked in partnership with Acerbis International, Antonio Lupi, B&B Italia, Ceccotti Collezioni, Antonio Frattini, Effetti, Gallotti&Radice, iGuzzini, Poliform, Poltrona Frau, Tecno and Valli&Valli.For Acerbis Italia (racing equipment) it has been responsible for numerous displays and has developed a coordinated image design for A.SHOP stores and corners.
The studio was responsible for the Concept Store project for a new range of clothing and accessories for Lamborghini Cars and designed the restoration of the Lamborghini Museum at the company’s Headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese.
It is currently working with Silvelox_Domina to design doors for garages, entrances and interiors and on the design of stands and showrooms.For Husqvarna Motorcycles (BMW Group) the studio developed the new Concept Store and then the Husqvarna showroom and museum in its new home in Cassinetta (Varese).For Roca it designed the innovative W+W bathroom fitting, which combines a washbasin and toilet in a single item. The studio has won numerous international prizes and awards, like the Wallpaper Design Award 2010, the Design+Plus Award 2009, the Best_Ed Award 2010, the FX Design Award 2009, the KBB – Product Innovation Award 2009, an Honourable Mention at the XXII Golden Compass 2011the Silver Delta Award 2011.
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