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City Life, a step into the future

  • Europe
  • Italy
  • Milan

For decades now, Milan has established itself as ‘gateway-to-Europe’, making it the Italian benchmark in the international context. The city is the banking capital of the Belpaese and the Italian financial flagship. Let us discover CityLife, which through state-of-the-art architecture, represents the city’s effort par excellence in becoming the Italian hub of innovation, development and much-needed sustainability.

Architecture
Contemporary
Arata Isozaki
Daniel Libeskind
Zaha Hadid
Innovation
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Viale Renato Serra, 31, 20149 Milano MI
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