Elena Rossi

Architect working at the seam between material and light. I design calm, durable spaces — homes, galleries, and the occasional stubborn renovation. Principal at Studio Rossi, Milan.

00/ Index

01/ About

I trained in Milan and apprenticed in Basel, where I learned that architecture is mostly about restraint — knowing what to leave out. My studio takes few projects a year so each gets the attention it needs. We work in concrete, oak, and daylight, and we design for the way a building ages: patina, not decay. Every project begins with a single question — how should it feel to arrive here?

Build spaces that are quiet now and still generous in thirty years.

Material honesty · Daylight · Longevity · Context

02/ Selected Work

1. 01

   Casa Travertino

   A courtyard house in Puglia carved around an old olive tree. Travertine, lime plaster, deep shade.

   Residential · 2024
   
2. 02

   Fondazione Lume

   Adaptive reuse of a 1930s printworks into a contemporary art foundation. Milan.

   Cultural · Reuse
   
3. 03

   Rifugio Sasso

   A timber mountain refuge detailed to survive alpine winters and frame a single view.

   Residential · Timber
   
4. 04

   Libreria Verticale

   A narrow infill bookshop — four floors of oak shelving around a single skylight.

   Commercial · Infill
   

03/ Experience

16 years designing residential and cultural architecture across Europe

04/ Images

06/ Services

1. 01 Residential architecture
2. 02 Adaptive reuse
3. 03 Interior design
4. 04 Feasibility & concept

09/ References

10/ Recognition

12/ Contact