Matteo Thun reimagines a Milan landmark’s interiors

Matteo Thun & Partners has unveiled the interiors of 72 residences inside Milan’s Torre Velasca, the postwar skyscraper designed by Italian architecture studio BBPR. The project occupies floors 19 through 26, and introduces suites and apartments for short- and long-term stays. This includes duplex penthouses overlooking the city. Set to open in phases beginning in fall 2026, the renovated interiors bring rich colors and Italian design classics into one of Milan’s most iconic buildings .

Completed in 1958, Torre Velasca was designed by BBPR on a site heavily damaged during World War II. Its unusual silhouette, with a broad residential volume projecting above a narrower office tower, takes inspiration from medieval Lombard architecture, especially the Filarete Tower at Milan’s Castello Sforzesco. Angled reinforced-concrete supports carry the upper floors, giving the building its distinctive mushroom-like profile.…