Shaping tomorrow through Italian design: films, conversations, and encounters with architects and creatives transforming our world.
Architettura & Design is the ICFF special program dedicated to architecture and design. It explores how Italy has influenced building design around the world for centuries, and how that legacy continues to shape the cities we live in today.
Every summer, the program brings architects, designers, filmmakers and creatives to Toronto through keynotes and masterclasses, documentary screenings, exhibitions and panel discussions.
It is a meeting point between Italian heritage and Toronto’s architecture and design community, and a place to imagine what the cities of tomorrow could look like.
Silvio BaldassarraNORR Chair Emeritus, RAIC
Dragana MaznicGreat Gulf
Lisa LandrumToronto Metropolitan University
Luigi FerraraConifer Futures Group
Giulio BrunoKPMB Architects
Daniele VezzoliArchitect, OAA
Stefano PujattiElastico SPA
Pietro PelliccioniItalinteriorsPast Editions
2026July 9 – July 15 · Distillery District & Canadian StageMaria Claudia Clemente · Pininfarina · Stikki PeachesDiscover the edition →
2025July 8 – July 18 · Canadian Stage, TMU & Distillery DistrictMario Cucinella · Nuvola: An Open Project for the CityDiscover the edition →
2024July 3 – July 17 · Distillery District & Canadian StageGreen Over Grey · Archiwine · Carlo MollinoDiscover the edition →
The exhibitions
Alongside films and talks, Architettura & Design brings the work of leading Italian architects to Toronto through dedicated exhibitions.
2025A Sustainable Vision
Architectural models of the most renowned projects of Mario Cucinella Architects in contemporary sustainable architecture, offering a rare look at the creative and technical process behind them. Inaugurated with Mario Cucinella in attendance.
2022Piece by Piece
Eleven projects that reveal the design process of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop across different places and periods, from the Centre Pompidou and the London Shard to the California Academy of Sciences and the New Toronto Courthouse.
The program
