This week on Dezeen, architect Michele De Lucchi reinterpreted Hogwarts castle and other locations in the Harry Potter story in a contemporary architectural language for the covers of the books in Italy.
Commissioned by publishing house Salani, each of the seven covers includes a significant location from the series that was redesigned by the architect and his studio AMDL CIRCLE.
"As architects, we inevitably approached the novel by having in mind the space, the objects and the atmosphere that these objects generate in space," De Lucchi told Dezeen.
"We took wizarding world locations and represented them as visionary architectures: an imagination without limits, free from the constraints imposed by the design and production of a product." Venice Architecture Biennale pavilions set to hold "silent openings" without visitors
Coronavirus continues to impact global events in the design and architecture world, with organisers of national pavilions for the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale making plans to open without visitors.
Organisers of the Swiss, Dutch and Singaporean presences said they intend to host "silent openings" during the event's preview on 20 and 21 May.
However, in Milan, 16 design platforms committed to holding events in September even if the Salone del Mobile furniture fair set to take place that month is cancelled.
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