Fashion and luxury goods brand Gucci, has opened its new 35,000 square metre head office in Milan, in a complex built in 1915 and which will house more than 250 Gucci employees. The new office will be headquarters of all Gucci’s Milan offices, worldwide showrooms, accommodate the graphics and photo studios, while also serving as a fashion show venue.

In the centre of the complex is a newly constructed six story glass-front office tower set on more than 3,000 square metres of land, while the old building has been carefully restored and will be used to stage fashion shows.

"This highly contemporary space, rendered from within an historic building, will foster and nurture an open working environment,” Marco Bizzarri, Gucci's CEO said. “It will also become a place of cultural exchange, when we present the collections each season."