Ipostudio Architetti is a practice founded in 1983 in Florence, specialising in architectural design and civil engineering within the cultural, museum, social and healthcare sectors, as well as specialised residential projects and, more generally, large-scale, complex urban developments.
The practice, with offices in Florence and Lugano, draws on extensive experience in both public and private projects, ranging from international competitions to architectural and urban design, with particular expertise in restoration and urban regeneration.
Among its most significant works are: the MICAS – Malta International Contemporary Art Space, opened in 2024, and the Museo degli Innocenti in Florence, completed in 2016. The Argenta Hospital and the New Entrance to Careggi Hospital in Florence, completed in 2011, and the headquarters of the Banca del Chianti Fiorentino in Sambuca (FI), completed in 2002.
Photo by Luca Gambacorti
The firm has received numerous national and international accolades and awards: among others, in 2025, MICAS – Malta International Contemporary Art Space won first prize at the 19th Architectural Heritage Award 2025, and in 2020, the Museo degli Innocenti in Florence won the National In/Architettura Award in the Restoration and Conservation category.
Ipostudio was a finalist in the BigMat International Architecture Award 2019 and winner of first prize at the 19th Metra 2011 ‘Sistema d’Autore’ International Competition for the New Entrance to Careggi Hospital.
The practice was also a finalist for an honourable mention at the 2006 Gold Medal for Architecture, received an honourable mention at the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture in 2003, and was shortlisted for the 19th ADI Compasso d’Oro in 2001.
The firm’s projects have been published in Italian and international magazines and featured in prestigious exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale and the Milan Triennale. Among many others: ‘Beyond the Bastions 2025’, an exhibition offering an in-depth look at MICAS’s design process; ‘ERA DI MAGGIO: 40 Years of ipostudio’ at the Museo del Novecento in Florence in 2023; and ‘Lonely Living’ at the Venice Biennale in 2002.
people
Carlo Terpolilli
Founding partner and director
Lucia Celle
Founding partner and director
Elisabetta Zanasi Gabrielli
Founding partner and director
Panfilo Cionci
Partner and director
Agnese Cacciamani
Partner and director
Roberto Di Giulio
Partner and director
Beatrice Turillazzi
Partner
Vincenzo Balì
Architect
Alessandra Guerreschi
Architect
Francesco Maria Martella
Architect
Laura Panichi
Architect
Azin Khaleghi
Architect
Stefano Combet
Architect
Arianna Carbone
Architect
Lorenzo Bandini
Architect
Giulio Biagioni
Architect
Elvira Catalfamo
Architect
Martina Galli
Architect
Gabriele Pierini De Santis
Architect
Elisabetta Dini
Administration
Luisa Di Giacomo
Administration
have collaborated with ipostudio
Luigi Andelini, Barbara Antonelli, Amir Asgari Daryan, Rita Baldini, Francesco Balducci, Niccolò Bani, Silke Barth, Anna Bartolaccio, Alfonso Basilico, Roberto Basilico, Luca Belatti, Maximiliano Basso Benelli, Mariagiulia Bennicelli Pasqualis, Giulia Berti, Dalton Bertini Ruas, Alberto Birindelli, Egle Borgia, Valeria Cagnetta, Paolo Calimici, Stefania Cangini, Paolo Capacciola, Jacopo Carli, Benedetta Cavaliere, Gianni Cinali, Maddalena Coccagna, Stefano Combet, Maria Antonietta Corrias, Sheyla Costantino, Piero D’Agostino, Jan De Clercq, Fabrizio Dei, Félicia De La Tullaye, Germana De Michelis, Filippo Dozzi, Martino Duni, Marco Fabri, Katerina Foutaki, Francesco Fanfani, Giuseppina Fantozzi, Elena Fei, Sofia Fondelli, Giovanni Galanti, Daniele Galliani, Gilda Giacchi, Vanessa Giandonati, Alida Ghiandoni, Maximiliano Luis Giusti, Daniele Grieco, Debora Guerini, Kine Haugen, Fabio Iocco, Serena Jaff, Maire Kiely, Anna Kljis, Alba Lamacchia, Massimo Le Pera, Ferruccio Loni, Andrea Magrini, Marina Mancini, Valentina Mansi, Miliça Maras, Juan Patricio Marenco, Giulio Margheri, Mara Marton, Dania Marzo, Elena Mastrangelo, Francesco Matucci, Federico Mazzoli, Francesco Messina, Sandra Mestrovic, Philippos Michael, Pino Mincolelli, Vincenzo Moschetti, Fabrizio Monaci, Giuseppe Monterisi, Maurizio Muraglia, Keiko Nakamura, Giovina Natale, Serena Nenciarini, Giovanni Neri Serneri, George Oranye, Roberta Paganucci, Thiresia Papakonstatinou, Annarita Papeschi, Sebastiana Patania, Giulia Pellegrini, Maria Letizia Pennetta, Cesare Pergola, Stefano Piluso, Antonia Placanica, Michelangelo Poli, Massimo Quadri, Costanza Quentin, Ramona Ribolini, Sara Riggi, Felix Rodriguez, Mirko Romagnoli, Sissi Roselli, Roberta Russi, Maria Sanchez Guerrero, Arianna Sardone, Silvia Scarponi, Alessandra Sirianni, Corrado Sortino, Eleonora Stella, Franca Tartaglia, Luca Tedeschi, J. Miguel Ternero Gil, Elena Terzi, Antonio Teti, Patrizia Toscano, Alessandro Travascio, Roberto Trebo, Livio Valente, Andrea Vanni, Stefania Verdigi, Anouk van Oordt, Barbara Vanni, Luigi Vessella, Dante Vinciguerra, Enrico Viviani, Leo von Caprivi, Julia Voormann, Anka Vujanovic, Giovanni Voto, Lennart Wiechell, Francesco Woudenberg, Leonardo Zaffi, Katia Zizzi
