The configuration of Crespi d'Adda is based on geometric principles. The main street which links it to Capriate San Gervasio divides the village into two parts: on one side is the residential quarter, with its three parallel roads, and on the other is the factory on the north bank of the Adda River. At each end of the main road are the public anemities: to the north, the church, the school and the theatre, which open onto the public square, and to the south, the cemetery. The design of the village is attributed to the architect Ernesto Pirovano.

Within this regular and uniform landscape, the large buildings are diversified. The factory is a unique and compact building which is decorated with medieval elements. The church, designed by Luigi Cavenaghi, was inspired by a work of Bramante, while the castle, designed by Pirovano, evokes the romantic Gothic period. The mausoleum, a work by Gaetano Moretti, is "art-nouveau" in its styling, as is the hydro-electric plant. The two types of dwellings contribute to the diversity of the ensemble.