With Milan's rich history in architecture, art, and design, it is inevitable that its illustrious past will be drawn on by the annual Salone del Mobile.
Designed by Ralph Walker—heralded in a 1957 New York Times article as the “architect of the century” but long since fallen into obscurity—the 19-story, dramatically setbacked, and ornately detailed structure was originally built for the New York Telephone Company in 1930.