Torre Velasca, Milan

£45.00

Torre Velasca, Milan

A Brutalist landmark, finely detailed in concrete by Spaceplay.

Torre Velasca, Milan

Name: Torre Velasca, Milan
Brand: Spaceplay
SKU: MINI_082
Price: 45.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£45.00

Solid Cast-Concrete Miniature Model
Size: 10cm high, 4.5cm wide, 4.5cm deep
Scale: 1:1000 (approx)

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Bring Milan home in a concrete model you can hold. Whether you live beneath its crown or turned a corner once and stopped still, keep that moment forever.

Made to order and shipped within 30 days

Designed and made in my UK studio

Comes gift-boxed for the perfect concrete gift

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Building Information

Location: Milan, ItalyArchitect: BBPR (Banfi, Belgiojoso, Peressutti, Rogers) Completed: 1958 Status: Recent restoration and re-opening, historically protected Brief Overview: Designed in the post-war rebuilding era, Torre Velasca became a defining BBPR project and a rare modern vertical landmark in Milan’s historic skyline. Its widened upper section and braced structure reinterpret local medieval tower forms through modern construction, creating a building that still sparks strong opinions and deep affection in equal measure.

Making my concrete model

Some buildings transform a skyline, then refuse to leave your mind. Torre Velasca is one of Milan’s most unforgettable forms.

Rising above Piazza Velasca in the historic centre, this 1950s tower by BBPR was opened in 1958. Its famous “mushroom” silhouette is not a gimmick. The upper floors flare out over a narrower shaft, echoing Lombard medieval towers and fortifications, reinterpreted through post-war modernism.

Part office building, part apartments, it has long been debated, defended, photographed, and used as a marker of the moment Milan stepped into a new architectural era while still talking to its past.

I love Torre Velasca for the way it holds weight above the street, with those braced supports and deep shadows beneath the overhang. Translating that into a miniature meant getting the stance right: the narrow body, the sudden flare, and the rhythm of openings that makes the tower feel both severe and strangely familiar. I iterated the proportions carefully so the finished cast still reads as a confident Milan landmark from every angle.

A small cast of a tower that keeps the city’s old and new in the same frame. For architects, Milan locals, design travellers, and Brutalism lovers who collect places through buildings. It sits on your desk or shelf like a skyline keepsake, bringing back the feeling of turning a corner in the historic centre and seeing that top-heavy crown against the light.

Torre Velasca, Milan

Milan either loves it or argues about it, and usually both. The Torre Velasca miniature concrete model captures BBPR's 1958 tower in the centre of the city. Its wider upper floors, carried on angled concrete braces, reinterpret Milan's medieval towers in modern construction. Recently restored and historically protected, it's one of the most distinctive landmarks of Italian modernism. This concrete model of Torre Velasca keeps that mushroom silhouette and its braces at 10cm, an elegant concrete sculpture for a desk, shelf or studio table. It's made for Milanesi, architects, design-week regulars and lovers of Brutalist architecture, and it's a stylish gift for anyone who knows the city. Each miniature concrete building is hand-cast in solid concrete, with its own weight and texture.