During the course of my studies I travelled a lot in various European cities. I lived in BRUSSELS for four years, studying firstly with the Erasmus project, and then as an independent student at the Institut Superieur d’Architecture de la Communautè Francaise – LA CAMBRE.
I became bilingual in French and I collaborated with a monthly magazine TRAM 81, rewriting articles on the historical and urban eveolution of Brussels.
After this I lived in MILAN for two years, where I collaborated in a Architects and design studio working on projects for the restyling of the Cartier stores and the Richemont offices in Italy.
Following on I took charge of the relaunch and restyling of 97 post offices promoting the new image of the Poste italiane, as the architect responsible for the Siracusa , Ragusa and Enna districts.
I moved to ROME to pursue a masters at the Universita La Sapienza in ‘Projects for restyling and exhibition space, working with an Architects company and engineers on various projects of restyling and competitions of architecture and design.
After my years in Rome, I began a contract for the branding of the French tourist structures of Club Meditarranee and worked in Greece. In the French Antilles, Guadaloupe, France and Tunisia.
I continued to travel for study and personal development, doing a masters in Bio-climatics in Seville, where I works with a highly respected building firm which had built amazing houses in bio-climatic, sustainable architecture, and which promoted sustainable tourism with great success.

And now... here I am!
I decided to come back to SICILY and apply my learning and techniques in the field of sustainable architecture, in the bioclimatic construction and looking to develop Eco-design, continuing to follow my greatest motivation: to help safeguard nature and the environment through the promotion and development of a bio-climatic and bio-compatible architecture to create sustainable tourism, which leaves no carbon footprint!
At the moment I am working on an eco-compatible hotel in Modica, world heritage city of Unesco and at renovations of differents farms and old style houses in Sicily.

I look forward to it

Lara Grana