Her research activities are on the architectural conservation field, especially on regionalist architecture and ambientismo, with particular attention to constructive characters and the restoration of minor historic urban centres. Specifically, the aim of the research on regionalist architecture and ambientismo is to study housing experiences from the second half of the XIX and the first half of the XX centuries, both Italian and foreigners. The purpose of these studies is to determine protection and enhancement measures on the historical and artistic heritage in different social and cultural circumstances. This intention is the premise of the current studies on the roman districts of San Saba, Ostiense, Garbatella, Grotta Perfetta, Valle Aurelia, Trionfale, Pigneto, città giardino Aniene, Ostia Nuova, Testaccio http://aut.uniroma3.it/
The research on Garbatella led to the publication La Garbatella a Roma: architettura e regionalismo (2012-2020) and to the recent activities for the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the ‘garden suburb’ (2019-2020, Garbatella 20/20).
Stabile, F. “La Garbatella a Roma. Architettura e regionalismo.” Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 2020. https://edizioniquasar.it/products/la-garbatella-a-roma-architettura-e-regionalismo
Stabile, F., P. Porretta, A.M. Goutou, P. Moschovitis, and S. Moschovitis. “Dimitris Pikionis: interpretare la tradizione. La cultura popolare greca e il progetto per la città-modello di Exonì (1950-1954).” Ricerche di storia dell’arte, no. 130 (2020): 90-99. http://www.carocci.it/index.php?option=com_carocci&task=schedafascicolo&Itemid=257&id_fascicolo=850
Stabile, F. “Roma diventa Capitale, I Racconti di Roma Capitale.” NU3 – le Note di Urbanistica 3, no. 1 (october 2018): 15-28. http://www.urbanisticatre.uniroma3.it/dipsu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NU3_1_stabile.pdf
Stabile, F. “Gustavo Giovannoni e la cultura dell’ambientismo.” Bollettino del Centro di Studi per la Storia dell’Architettura, no. 1 (2017): 135-146. PUB1 http://www.cssar-casadeicrescenzi.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/12_FR_Stabile_NS_2017_01.pdf
Stabile, F. “Filippo Galassi and L’Arte Moderna del Fabbricare.” In Building an Idea: McKim, Mead & White and the American Academy in Rome, 1914-2014, 88-119. Pistoia: Gli Ori editori contemporanei, 2014. https://www.aarome.org/news/features/building-idea-mckim-mead-white-american-academy-rome-1914-2014
Stabile, F.R. “Shaping early twentieth century Rome: the AACAR and the contributions of Filippo Galassi and Gustavo Giovannoni.” Planning Perspectives 37, no. 3 (2022): 551-581. Published online: 10 Mar 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2022.2042840