About Our Vision

We create timeless spaces where architecture meets craftsmanship and innovation, with 20 years of experience. Each project combines tradition, technology, and a global perspective. Our philosophy embraces sustainability, Italian excellence in bespoke furniture, and cutting-edge digital tools. By merging creativity with precision, we deliver environments that inspire and endure.

“The world’s most luxurious store.” Global leader in luxury watchmaking.

Furniture Design & Supply for Luxury Residences
Furniture Design & Supply
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
Furniture Design & Supply
Comprehensive design and supply of bespoke furniture collections for exclusive residences, combining Italian craftsmanship with innovative solutions tailored to luxury living.
Luxury Interior Design
Luxury Interior Design
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
Luxury Interior Design
Designing refined interiors for exclusive residences and luxury environments worldwide.
Bespoke Furniture & Jewelry Stores
Jewelry Stores
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
Bespoke Furniture & Jewelry Stores
Tailor-made furniture and high-end concepts for international jewelry and fashion boutiques.
High-End Hotels & Corporate Offices
Hotels & Offices
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
High-End Hotels & Corporate Offices
Creating unique hospitality and corporate spaces with strong identity and timeless elegance.
3D Visualization & Art Concepts
3D Visualization
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
3D Visualization & Art Concepts
Advanced visualization and creative ideas inspired by art, cinema and culture.
Mobile App Development
Mobile App Development
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
Mobile App Development
Designing dedicated mobile applications for luxury furniture management and retail operations.
Lean Startup Approach
Lean Startup
INNOVATION & STRATEGY
Lean Startup Approach
Optimized resources and minimal overhead ensure competitive pricing, collaborating with leading Italian artisans and cabinetmakers.

Our clients can sleep soundly knowing they are in safe hands.
Project Management Worldwide
Project Management
MANAGEMENT
Project Management Worldwide
Coordinating complex international projects from concept to construction phase.
Creative Marketing
Creative Marketing
BRAND & STORYTELLING
Creative Marketing
Working with award-winning creatives to craft innovative video content and storytelling for luxury brands.

The Team

Led by Dr. Alberto Contini Faliva (trained at IUAV Venice with prof.Howard Burns), architect with a PhD from CESR in Tours and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester. The scion of three generations of Milanese photographers, he preserves a 70-year family archive: from his grandfather Angelo, a partner of Colliva in Corso Venezia 80 who documented Giovan Battista Pirelli’s founder’s final tribute, to his uncle Roberto and his father Giuseppe, who captured the iconic portrait of Mina, earning her the nickname "The Tiger of Cremona." This visual and cultural heritage merges with twenty years of experience in the luxury sector, designing luxury spaces across New York, Los Angeles, Germany, France, Australia, Bahrein, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Italy, he combines traditional Italian craftsmanship with innovative technology.
His professional vision includes a six-year tenure at Gregotti Associati International in Milan (Pujiang New Town, Shanghai), and experiences with P.L. Faloci, Paris and Guido Canali. He has led high-end projects for the Diamond Group GmbH headquarters in Hong Kong, BBraun Germany (with Wilford Schupp Architekten) , Accenture, Fujitsu, Fastweb, Azimut, and Giorgio Armani. He also spearheaded the design and creation of the Brebemi Hologram installation at Milan Linate Airport. The project was officially unveiled in the presence of Pietro Modiano, former Chairman of SEA (Milan Airports) and General Manager of Intesa Sanpaolo.
Dr. Faliva coordinated conferences with Academy Award Winner Dante Ferretti, emeritus professors like Joseph Rykwert, Mina Gregori and Vittorio Gregotti. Curated exhibitions at NYU, Musée National de la Renaissance and Westminster University.
He co-developed the first cross-platform software (6 degrees of freedom) for real-time interaction with photorealistic renderings via head-tracking.
Guidato dal Dott. Arch. Alberto Contini Faliva (formatosi allo IUAV di Venezia col prof.Howard Burns), architetto con un Dottorato di Ricerca (PhD, CESR, Tours) e Honorary Research Fellow presso l'Università di Leicester. Cresciuto in una famiglia di fotografi milanesi da tre generazioni, custodisce un archivio di 70 anni di storia: dal nonno Angelo, socio di Colliva in Corso Venezia 80 e fotografo dell'omaggio solenne a Giovan Battista Pirelli, allo zio Roberto e al padre Giuseppe, autore del celebre scatto che diede a Mina il soprannome di "Tigre di Cremona". Questa eredità visiva e culturale si fonde con vent'anni di esperienza nel lusso tra New York, Los Angeles, Germania, Francia, Australia, Bahrain, Belgio, Lussemburgo e Italia, coniuga artigianalità e tecnologia.
Ha collaborato per sei anni con la Gregotti Associati International (Pujiang New Town, Shanghai), oltre a P.L. Faloci, Parigi e Guido Canali. Ha guidato progetti per Diamond Group GmbH a Hong Kong, BBraun (in collaborazione con Wilford Schupp Architekten), Accenture, Fujitsu, Fastweb, Azimut e Giorgio Armani.Si è occupato, inoltre, dell'ideazione e della realizzazione dell'installazione tecnologica Brebemi Hologram presso l'aeroporto di Milano Linate. L'opera è stata inaugurata alla presenza di Pietro Modiano, già Presidente di SEA (Aeroporti di Milano) e Direttore Generale di Intesa Sanpaolo.

Ha coordinato conferenze con il Premio Oscar Dante Ferretti, professori emeriti come Joseph Rykwert, Mina Gregori e Vittorio Gregotti. Ha organizzato mostre internazionali ospitate da NYU, Musée National de la Renaissance e Westminster University.
Ha co-sviluppato il primo software cross-platform (6 gradi di libertà) per l'interazione fotorealistica in tempo reale tramite head-tracking.

Academic & Research

  • Latest Publication Alberto Faliva, I suoni e le pietre, Milano-Udine, Edizioni Mimesis, 15 Dicembre 2023.
  • Alberto Faliva, Francesco e Giuseppe Dattaro. La palazzina del Bosco e altre opere, Cremona, 2003, pp.380.
  • Alberto Faliva, Alain Erlande Brandenburg, Robert J. Knecht, Richard Ingersoll, A. Scotti Tosini, David Ekserdjian, Renaissance Franco-Italienne. Serlio, Du Cerceau et les Dattaro, Cremona, 2005.
  • Alberto Faliva, Andrea Treu, Spartaco Cadioli, Cremona, 2007.
  • Alberto Faliva (concept), Richard Ingersoll, Paul Davies, David Hemsoll, Chantal Grell, Roberto Zanchi, Augusto Galli. Silvana Costa, Elena Dagani, Tommaso Tagliabue, Ville del Rinascimento Padano, The bastions, the portico and the farmyard, Milano, Electa Mondadori, 2010; Cat. ITA/ENG Exhibition Cremona/New York University (NYU).
  • Alberto Faliva, Le manoir de Marmirolo et le chateau de Madrid, Paris, Sarrebruck, Deutschland, Editions Universitaires Europeennes, 2011 (in French).
  • Alberto Faliva, L’ARCHIVIO FOTOGRAFICO FALIVA CREMONA, DAL DOPOGUERRA AGLI ANNI SETTANTA, Galleria Belvedere, Milano, 2012.
  • Alberto Faliva, Cremona e i cremonesi: l'archivio fotografico Faliva, 2012, Cremonabooks, Cremona.
  • Alberto Faliva (concept), Les bastions, les loges et la ferme, Brochure (ITA/FRA/ENG/SPA), Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Paris, 2014.
  • Articles in Books Alberto Faliva, "Giuseppe Dattaro e la Palazzina di Marmirolo", in: U. Bazzotti, D. Ferrari, La Palazzina e l'eremo del Bosco della Fontana, Mantova, 2001.
  • Alberto Faliva (cur. A. P. Bagliani), "Situating perspectiva in Renaissance Florence", in Micrologus XXIX, SISMEL, Firenze, 2021.
  • Bollettino Ingegneri Firenze Alberto Faliva, "Francesco e Giuseppe Dattaro. La Palazzina del Bosco di Mantova ed il chateau de Madrid a Parigi", n. 10, 2004.
  • Alberto Faliva, "Entimemi, Sillogismi, Morfologia dinamica", n. 3, 2006.
  • Alberto Faliva, "Sebastiano Serlio e l'Ordine Composito dei Romani Antichi", n. 12, 2006.
  • Alberto Faliva, "Jacopo Sansovino e altri dodici casi. Un altro medioevo", n. 11, 2007.
  • Alberto Faliva (con J. Guillaume), "Ville pseudo-fortificate nell’Italia settentrionale del XVI secolo", n.4, 2009.
  • Alberto Faliva, "Evangelismo nella Cremona del Cinquecento. Sintesi ed immaginazione spaziale in architettura, pittura e scultura, dall'antico all'arte Moderna", 2005.
  • Alberto Faliva, "Il palazzo di Carlo V a Granada e la Casa de Campo di Madrid", n. 1, 2008.
  • Alberto Faliva, "La chiesa dei Disciplini di Verolanuova: un'interpretazione corriva del linguaggio classico, nel primo Cinquecento?, n.60, 2012
  • Alberto Faliva, "L'ordine delle maestranze e l'ordine delle materie: il caso di Santa Margherita", n. 3, 2010.
  • Alberto Faliva, "La sprezzatura e la ressemblance attraverso le forme dell’intenzione artistica", n.4, 2011.
  • Other Journals Alberto Faliva, “Giuseppe Dattaro et le manoir de Marmirolo”, in: Vieilles Maisons Francaises, Paris, 2001, n. 189.
  • Alberto Faliva, S. Costa, "L'effimero in architettura", Beni Culturali, Viterbo, gennaio, 2011
  • Alberto Faliva, "Giuseppe Dattaro, un praeceptor Cremonae e ingegnere nel Mantovano", Bollettino Soprintendenza Cremona-Brescia-Mantova, n. 4, 2012, pp. 73-80.
  • 19/07/2000: Presentation in Bosco della Fontana, Marmirolo with Amici di Palazzo Te and Ministero delle Foreste.
  • 26/01/2001: Palazzo Te, Mantova (Sala dei Cavalli). With U. Bazzotti, A. Belluzzi, D. Ferrari.
  • 14/11/2001: Museo Civico Cremona. La palazzina di Marmirolo; with prof. Mario Marubbi.
  • 14/01/2002: Deutsches Forum fur Kunstgeschichte, Paris. With Director and C. Henri.
  • 22/11/2003: Palazzo Ducale, Sabbioneta. Presentation with the Mayor.
  • 17/01/2004: Comune di Cremona. With Mayor P. Bodini and G. Carlo Corada.
  • 24/05/2004: Université F. Rabelais, Tours (CESR). Les journees de l’Ecole Doctorale.
  • 12/05/2007: Université Saint Quentin en Yvelines. Historical experience at Gregotti Associati International.
  • 26/09/2009: Mantova, Giornate Europee del Patrimonio (Soprintendenza).
  • 19/04/2011: NYU New York / Museo Civico Cremona. Keynotes: Joseph Rykwert, Vittorio Gregotti, Dante Ferretti, Mina Gregori.
  • 2014: Institut Italien de Culture, Paris. Les bastions, les loges et la ferme.
  • 2015: Westminster University, London. London Festival of Architecture. With prof. Harry Charrington.
  • 2021: Firenze, Conference Arabic and Latin Theory of Perspective. With prof. A. P. Bagliani.
  • Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d’Ecouen (2005): Renaissance Franco-Italienne. Prof. Alain Erlande Brandenburg.
  • Centre Culturel San Vitale, Cremona (2005): Serlio Du Cerceau et les Dattaro. Prof. Richard Ingersoll.
  • Casa del Mantegna, Mantova (2005): Renaissance Franco-Italienne.
  • Palazzo Roncadelli-Manna, Cremona (2010-2011) & New York University (NYU) (2011): The bastions, the portico and the Farmyard.
  • Teatro Filo, Cremona: Conferences with Vittorio Gregotti, Dante Ferretti, Malcolm Hadley.
  • Institut Italien de Culture, Paris (2014): Les bastions, les loges et la ferme.
  • Galleria Belvedere, Milano (2012): L’Archivio Fotografico Faliva Cremona.
  • Westminster University, London (2015): Fortified Villas of Northern Italy.
  • Monique Chatenet, La cour de France au XVI siècle, Paris, 2002.
  • Anita Fiderer Moskowitz, Italian Gothic Sculpture, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  • Sabine Frommel, Chasses princières dans l’Europe de la Renaissance, Paris, 2007.
  • Giovanni Sartori, Sabbioneta illustrissima, 2005.
  • Vittorio Pizzigoni, L'ordine composito, Venezia, 2008.
  • Nicholas Temple, Villeggiatura and military iconography, 2014.
  • Pieter Martens, Fortified palaces in Early modern Europe, Torino, 2014.
  • Chiara Devoti, Un palazzo grandioso per il pubblico conforto, Roma, 2016.
  • Beatrice Tanzi, Colombino Rapari, Cremona, 2015.
  • Valentino Volta, San Nicolò di Rodengo. Un monastero di Franciacorta tra Cluny e M.Oliveto, Brescia, 2002
  • M.C.Regini, Villa Affaitati, Trivulzio, Barbiano di Belgioioso, Brescia, Accademia S.Giulia, 2011
  • Martijn Van Beek, The multifaceted uses of Guarini's Architettura civilre in 1968, Torino, 2014
  • Simona Bini, La chiesa di San Giovanni detta San Zavedro in San Giovanni in Croce Brescia, 2016
  • Davide del Curto, La palazzina gonzaghesca nel Bosco della Fontana Mantova. Il monitoraggio di uno storico clima internoParma, 2012
  • Marcellin Babey, Francois Ier à Chalons sur Saone; la reconstruction de Saint Maartin de Chapaize, de Sainte Marie de Lancharre et la genese du chateau de Cormatin 2019
  • Emanuela Garofalo, Fortified palaces in early modern Sicily:models, image strategy, functions Torino, 2014

Voices of Trust

Alberto a à participé à la rénovation de notre boutique sur Aix en Provence, du choix des matériaux à l'équipe de menuisiers d'installation tout était parfait et nous sommes ravis de notre nouvel écrin de travail.

Les Alchimistes Joaillerie (Aix en Provence)

I had an excellent experience working with Alberto on the build-out of my store. From the very first concept to the final execution, he supported me at every single step of the process. His professionalism, attention to detail, and clear communication made the entire project smooth and stress-free. He truly understood my vision and translated it into a beautiful, functional space that exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a reliable, creative, and dedicated architect. Working with him was a real pleasure.

Sliman P. - Diamonds House (Hannover)

We are more than satisfied with Alberto’s work! He not only set up our store in Bornheim, Germany beautifully, but also continued to develop and improve it with an excellent sense of style, functionality, and detail. From the initial concept to the final execution, everything was professional, well thought-out, and delivered to the highest standard. What we especially appreciate is that Alberto remains our dedicated point of contact even after the project was completed. Whenever it comes to renovations, store equipment, or new design concepts, we know we can always rely on him. We are already planning a new project together involving a goldsmith workshop, and we are truly looking forward to working with him again. His design standards, his eye for perfection, and his attention to detail are truly unmatched. On top of that, we received the entire project at a very fair price, as Alberto works with several carpentry workshops and always selected the best option for our needs. Thank you for the excellent work — we can highly recommend Alberto without hesitation!

Susanne Steiger (Jewelry Store, Germany)

Beaucoup de créativité, de contact du client. Cet architecte n'a pas peur d'aller plus loin dans l'originalité, le design, le fonctionnel, le choix des matériaux tout en harmonie et elegance dans le luxe. Il veut aller au bout des choses et des details sans compter le temps....

Jean Windeshausen (Luxembourg)

It was a great pleasure to work with Dr Alberto Faliva when we hosted his beautiful international exhibition of Renaissance wooden models at the University of Westminster University. A really beautiful and enlightening project.

prof.Harry Charrington (Westminster University, London)

L’Ologramma che, assieme, credendoci entrambi, abbiamo realizzato a Linate è stata una intuizione straordinaria, grande nella sua piccolezza, che avrebbe meritato un successo maggiore se fosse stato possibile posizionarlo e promuoverlo molto di più. Nonostante non si è potuti farlo comunque il successo e l’interesse suscitati sono stati notevoli ed il successo è stato notevole e meritato.

F. Bettoni (Presidente Brebemi Autostrade)

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