LUCA GUADAGNINO SIGNS HIS FIRST HOTEL IN ROME
The director of A Bigger Splash, Call Me by Your Name, Challengers and soon Queer continues to deploy his talents in interior design. With the restoration of the Palazzo Talìa hotel, he has signed a part of the decoration for a timeless journey into the splendors of Rome.
My secret desire is to become an interior designer." So declared Luca Guadagnino in 2016 in an interview with The New York Times around the decoration of his 17th-century apartment in Crema, Italy. A year later, the Oscar-nominated Italian director realized his dream and founded his own office, studiolucaguadagnino (SLG). Spelled with one word, he insists. Since his first design, the villa of the founder of Yoox on Lake Como, the polymath has never ceased to multiply his projects. This lover of decor has renovated a villa on Venice's Lido, designed several boutiques, presented showrooms at the Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone, and recently managed the artistic direction of the third edition of Homo Faber. Here, he adds a new stone to his edifice by taking over the interiors of the Palazzo Talìa hotel, which reopened its doors in May 2024.
A PLACE STEEPED IN HISTORY
This architectural beauty has been brought up to date thanks to a meticulous three-year restoration project, spearheaded by the Federici family, including project sponsor Elia Federici. This construction and real estate specialist called on three of Italy's leading craftsmen, Luca Guadagnino's studio, MIA Home Design Gallery and Laura Feroldi Studio.
This building, built in the 16th century, has stood the test of time and upheaval, leaving a rich legacy of a historic past, like "an unshakeable sentinel of resilience". It has welcomed cardinals, noblemen, humanists, scholars, film legends such as De Sica, Rossellini and Leone, and withstood the dark days of Nazism.
For the filmmaker and producer, originally from Palermo in Sicily, this is his first foray into the hotel business. In this project, he marvelously combines a cinematic aesthetic sensibility with a deep appreciation of textures, colors and spaces.
ODE TO LA DOLCE VITA
This haven of hospitality sublimates its architectural heritage, while blending into the contemporary landscape. Starting with the entrance, featuring a central staircase and a chromatically intense floral carpet designed by the director's team. This centerpiece serves as a pathway, winding its way up to the first floor, which includes the Magna Hall, a 248-square-meter event space adorned with 18th-century frescoes by painter Gaspare Serenario.
Of the hotel's 26 rooms and suites, his studio was responsible for the Terrace Suite on the top floor. It features "peach wood, a sloping roof, colors in shades of pink, a fireplace and a bed designed as an alcove". The suite is enhanced by a 66-square-meter terrace overlooking the Palazzo's inner courtyard and the Sant'Andrea delle Fratte basilica.
The team adds to this fine design work the common areas, the Tramae restaurant, for a tribute to Roman cuisine, the Della Musa bar, and the wellness spa, which equally brings to life the heritage of the Eternal City, with marble and majolica tiles.
Accompanied by the other two studios, Luca Guadagnino brings this place of timeless charm back to life with the refined sophistication, attention to detail and aesthetic sensitivity already inherent in his film work.
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