**After more than a decade, Portinerie Romane is becoming a book.**

Published by Silvana Editoriale, the monograph brings together my photographic research on the Portinerie of Rome, with texts by architect Franco Purini and curator and writer Marvin Heiferman.
The book is currently in production in Italy and will be released in late October 2026. More soon.

In Italian, the word portineria (plural: portinerie) broadly refers to a space, usually located at the entrance of a residential building and occupied by the portiere (the building’s caretaker or doorman). There is no direct English equivalent. Depending on its configuration, a portineria may resemble a porter’s lodge, a gatehouse, a reception desk, or simply a doorway giving direct access to the caretaker’s apartment.

Portinerie Romane explores this overlooked element of Roman architecture, revealing the inventiveness and cultural significance embedded in these small yet distinctive micro-architectures.

The project began in 2010 with the support of the Faculty of Architecture “Valle Giulia” at La Sapienza University in Rome, initially focusing on Palazzine by architects such as Moretti, Ridolfi, Libera, and Luccichenti. It later expanded to document a wide range of solutions: variations in form, materials, furnishings, and spatial arrangements, where functional needs meet experimentation and, at times, eccentricity.

Through this work, portinerie emerge as distinctive components of Rome’s architectural fabric.