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Ventilated Facades in Natural Stone, Marble and Granite
Natural stone represents the excellence and timelessness of architecture. VM Group Srl creates ventilated facades in travertine, granite, and Santafiora stone, combining the majesty of stone materials with the most advanced engineering systems. From the renovation of historic and religious buildings like the Basilica of St. Paul in Rome, to modern design icons like the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan, each of our installations uses concealed AISI 304 stainless steel anchoring systems, ensuring maximum safety and a monumental aesthetic.
Florence Courthouse – The Excellence of Natural Stone
Institutional Solidity and Cutting-edge Technology: Santafiora Stone
The Palace of Justice in Florence represents one of the most iconic projects in VM Group's portfolio. For this majestic institutional complex, we designed the ventilated façade using Santafiora Stone, a material that combines Tuscan tradition with exceptional durability.
The installation was carried out with a concealed AISI 304 stainless steel anchoring system, designed to support the stone loads while ensuring maximum safety and a clean aesthetic. This project demonstrates VM Group's ability to manage highly complex projects, where the technical rigor of steel meets the timeless beauty of stone, creating a building envelope capable of defying time and prestigeously representing contemporary public architecture.
Basilica of St. Paul (Rome) – Monumental Prestige
The Eternity of Travertine Meets Modern Engineering: 1,000 Square Meters of Excellence
In one of the world's most iconic locations, VM Group created the ventilated façade for a building belonging to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. The project covered a 1,000-square-meter surface area, enhanced by the use of Roman Travertine, the stone that has defined Rome's architectural identity for millennia.
The technical challenge was to integrate the solemnity of the stone material with the performance of a cutting-edge ventilated envelope. Thanks to our high-strength anchoring systems, we ensured perfect coplanarity of the slabs and optimal ventilation, ensuring maximum durability of the structure. This project represents the perfect synthesis of VM Group's DNA: respect for tradition, mastery of natural materials, and application of the most advanced construction technologies.
For this prestigious showroom in Tivoli, VM Group oversaw a complete façade renovation. The goal was to transform an existing commercial space into a luxurious and prestigious space. The choice of Roman Travertine, installed with a concealed ventilated system, created a seamless, textured surface that enhances the large display windows.
The use of natural stone in a retail space is not just an aesthetic choice, but a strategic investment: thanks to our thirty years of experience, we have ensured a building envelope that drastically reduces maintenance costs and improves the thermal comfort of the interior spaces. The result is a perfect balance between the showroom's high-tech transparency and the age-old solemnity of the travertine, reflecting the values of excellence of the automotive brand it houses.
Tivoli Car Dealership – Elite Commercial Restyling
Roman Travertine and Contemporary Design: Elevating the Brand through Architecture
The Rimini Courthouse represents a technical challenge met thanks to over 30 years of experience in the sector. For this complex, VM Group selected and installed Travertino Navona, a natural stone renowned for its compactness and warm cream tones.
The true innovation of the project lies in the dynamism of the façade: we alternated large solid walls with vertical stone sunshades, designed to shield the courthouse from solar radiation without sacrificing natural light.
The entire system is supported by a stainless steel substructure, chosen to ensure exceptional resistance to the corrosion typical of marine areas and pinpoint load stability. This project combines the solemnity required by a courthouse with the most modern energy efficiency requirements.
Rimini Courthouse – Institutional Architecture and Solar Control
Navona Travertine and Sunshade Systems: Stone Engineering
In the beating heart of global automotive creativity, VM Group created the cladding for the Pininfarina Design Center. The project involved approximately 300 square meters of ventilated façade, where natural travertine takes center stage.
To meet the center's high aesthetic standards, we opted for a stainless steel substructure with an invisible (hidden) fastening system. This technology allows the stone to express itself without any mechanical interruptions, ensuring a continuous, pure, and elegant surface. This project demonstrates how VM Group is the ideal partner for brands that make design and pinpoint precision their hallmark.
Pininfarina Design Center – The Elegance of Italian Design
Natural Travertine and Invisible Engineering: Excellence in Cambiano (Turin)
For the prestigious Palafiori multipurpose center in Sanremo, VM Group oversaw the construction of the ventilated façade in Red Granite. The choice of this natural material was not only aesthetic, but also strategic: granite offers exceptional resistance to the most aggressive weather conditions, making it the ideal solution for the marine microclimate of the Ligurian Riviera, characterized by high saltiness and humidity.
The project required meticulous design of the anchoring systems to support the specific weight of the large slabs and ensure optimal ventilation.
Thanks to our thirty years of experience, we delivered a project that combines the chromatic elegance of natural red with impeccable structural durability, transforming the Palafiori into a solid and enduring architectural landmark.
Palafiori Sanremo – Material Strength and Architectural Rigour
Red Granite and Marine Resistance: A Shell of Excellence in the Heart of Sanremo
Teatro degli Arcimboldi (Milan) – Gregotti's Design Icon
2,000 square meters of Black Zimbabwe: When Technique Becomes Art
For the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan, VM Group created a monumental cladding project: over 2,000 square meters of ventilated façade in Black Zimbabwe Granite. In this internationally prestigious project, designed by architect Vittorio Gregotti, our challenge was to translate the geometric rigor of the design into a flawless construction.
We used a point-based anchoring system with a concealed hook, an engineering solution that supports the heavy granite slabs while ensuring a completely pure exterior surface, free of visible fasteners.
This project is not just a shell, but a symbol of technical precision: the depth of the stone's absolute blackness meets the mastery of VM Group, ensuring eternal durability and an aesthetic that has redefined Milan's architectural landscape.
Alghero-Fertilia Airport – Passenger Terminal
The Tradition of Sardinian Granite Meets Building Envelope Engineering
The "Riviera del Corallo" terminal represents a perfect combination of local identity and functional design. VM Group oversaw the construction of the ventilated façade using noble local materials: Grigio Sardo Granite and Rosa Beta.
The project was designed to meet the severe demands of an airport environment: resistance to saline atmospheric agents, thermal and acoustic insulation for maximum passenger comfort, and aesthetic durability.
Thanks to our many years of experience, we have transformed natural stone into an advanced technological system that welcomes travelers into a modern, safe, and energy-efficient facility.
A Scandicci, VM Group ha realizzato un rivestimento di facciata che esplora le potenzialità della graniglia di marmo e granito. Questa soluzione è ideale per chi cerca la matericità della pietra naturale unita alla precisione dimensionale dei materiali ricomposti, garantendo un risultato estetico omogeneo su grandi superfici.
L'installazione è stata eseguita con un sistema di facciata ventilata con ancoraggi in acciaio inox, progettato per assicurare una planarità millimetrica e una resistenza superiore agli sbalzi termici. Questo progetto conferma la flessibilità di VM Group nel saper interpretare diversi linguaggi materici, offrendo soluzioni tecniche che massimizzano la durabilità dell’involucro edilizio e il comfort abitativo interno.
Scandicci (Florence) – Innovation in Recomposed Materials
Marble and Granite Chips: The Synthesis of Nature and Technology
A Perugia, VM Group ha firmato il restyling di un importante spazio espositivo automobilistico, trasformando un edificio convenzionale in un polo dal design contemporaneo. Per questa riqualificazione, abbiamo scelto un rivestimento in ceramica tecnica, materiale estremamente resistente e dal finish impeccabile, ideale per comunicare l'innovazione e la precisione del mondo automotive.
L'installazione è stata realizzata con un sistema di fissaggio meccanico a vista con clip colorate in tinta RAL, garantendo una tenuta strutturale massima e un'estetica integrata.
Questo intervento, frutto della nostra esperienza trentennale, non solo eleva il posizionamento d’immagine dello showroom, ma ne ottimizza le prestazioni energetiche, creando un ambiente accogliente per il cliente e protetto dagli agenti atmosferici.
Concessionario Auto Perugia – Restyling e Identità High-Tech
Ceramica Tecnica e Fissaggio Meccanico: L'Involucro al Servizio del Brand
Residenza di Pregio a Praga – L'Arte del Travertino Navona
Sartorialità Architettonica: Volumi Circolari e Ingegneria su Misura
In one of Prague's most exclusive areas, VM Group has created a Navona Roman Travertine shell that redefines the concept of a luxury residence.
The main challenge of this project lies in the complexity of its forms: we designed and installed a custom-bent substructure to accommodate the building's circular volumes, ensuring the stone slabs' perfect flatness.
The travertine's aesthetic integrity is preserved by a concealed mechanical anchoring system, allowing the stone's natural veining to flow seamlessly. The result is a work that combines ventilated façade technology with the attention to detail typical of the great Italian stone tradition, bringing VM Group's excellence beyond national borders.
Technical Details and System Engineering
The aesthetic prestige of the Navona Travertine used for this villa in Prague is supported by a state-of-the-art technological infrastructure. To ensure the perfect coplanarity of the slabs and the structural safety of the entire envelope, VM Group implemented a concealed mechanical fastening system with hooks on a high-performance aluminum alloy substructure.
This engineering solution manages the natural expansion of stone materials in a climate with significant temperature fluctuations, eliminating any exposed metal elements and preserving the visual integrity of the stone. The ventilated cavity was designed to maximize thermal insulation, integrating a layer of rock wool insulation (a non-combustible material) that ensures breathability and passive fire protection. Every detail, from the window slants to the 45-degree corners, is the result of thirty years of experience, transforming stone cladding into a long-lasting, safe, and certified technological system.
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