OPPOSITION PARTY

Architect Francesca Venturoni's uber-chic family apartment is a masterclass in contradictory forms

- Laura Mauceri/Juliet Benning

as the lights and music of Milan’s Chinatown clubs began to lose their appeal, Francesca Venturoni and her husband, Dino Cicchetti, felt it was time for a new chapter. ‘When our sons Alessandro and Ludovico arrived, everything changed,’ Francesca says. ‘We needed more space and to be closer to Dino’s and my studio, which are located in the neighbourhood near the Porta Romana railway station and the Prada Foundation.’