Italy

Fondaco dei Tedeschi by OMA

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Architect: OMA Partners: Rem Koolhaas, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli Project architects: Francesco Moncada, Silvia Sandor Preservation architect: TA Architettura S.r.l. Structural engineer: Tecnobrevetti S.r.l. MEP engineer: Politecnica Ingegneria e Architettura Safety and coordination plan: Antonio Girello Fire safety advisor: Sicurtecno Cost consultant Dd phase: GAD Contractor: SACAIM S.p.A. Lighting: Viabizzuno source: dezeen.com/..

Lucio Fontana

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Lucio Fontana (Italian: [ˈluːtʃo fonˈtaːna]; 19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Argentine-Italian painter, sculptor and theorist.[1] He is mostly known as the founder of Spatialism. Early life Born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina to Italian immigrant parents, he was the son of the sculptor Luigi Fontana (1865 — 1946).[2][3] Fontana … Read more

Renzo Piano

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founder of Renzo Piano Building Workshop Born 14 September 1937 (age 83)Genoa, ItalyNationality ItalianAlma mater Politecnico di MilanoOccupation ArchitectAwards Pritzker Architecture PrizeRIBA Gold MedalSonning PrizeAIA Gold MedalKyoto PrizeBuildings Kansai International AirportCentre Georges PompidouParco della MusicaShard London BridgeThe New York Times BuildingWhitney Museum of American ArtLos Angeles County Museum of Art Renzo Piano OMRI OMCA (/piˈɑːnoʊ/ … Read more

Richard Rogers

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founder of Rogers Stirk+Harbour graduated from AA Diploma School in 1959 Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, CH, FRIBA, FCSD, FREng, RA (23 July 1933 – 18 December 2021) was an Italian-born British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs in high-tech architecture. He was a Senior Partner at Rogers Stirk Harbour + … Read more

Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli

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founder of 2050.pluspreviously partner at OMA 2050.plus Biography Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli is the founder of 2050.plus and used to be a partner at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) between 2014 – 2020. Together with Anna Puigjaner and Marina Otero Verzier he is a tutor on ADS8: Domestic Institutions at the Royal College of Art. … Read more

Paolo Soleri

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born June 21, 1919 – died April 9th, 2013 Paolo Soleri was an Italian architect. He established the educational Cosanti Foundation and Arcosanti. Soleri was a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National Design Award recipient in 2006. He died at home of natural causes on 9 April 2013 … Read more

Giuseppe Terragni

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Giuseppe Terragni (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe terˈraɲɲi]; 18 April 1904 – 19 July 1943) was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism.[1] His most famous work is the Casa del Fascio built in Como, northern Italy, which was begun in … Read more

Lina Bo Bardi

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Lina Bo Bardi, born Achillina Bo (December 5, 1914 – March 20, 1992), was an Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect. A prolific architect and designer, she devoted her working life, most of it spent in Brazil, to promoting the social and cultural potential of architecture and design. While she studied under radical Italian architects, she quickly … Read more

Mario Cucinella

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Mario Cucinella ( Palermo , 29 August 1960 ) is an architect , designer and academic Italian . In 2009 he won the MIPIM award (Marché International des Professionnels d’Immobilier) in the green building category with the Center for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET). Two years later, in 2011 he won again the prestigious award in … Read more

Guido Canali

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Guido Canali ( Sala Baganza , 24 October 1935 ) is an Italian architect «Few architects like Canali have at the base of their work the dialogue, composed and almost absent-minded, with the matter of design and construction; a dialogue that starts from the reading of the physical traces of architecture to redefine, through a … Read more

Aldo Rossi

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born May 3rd, 1931 – died September 4th, 1997 Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and also product design.[1] He was the first Italian to receive the Pritzker Prize[2] for architecture. Early life He was born in Milan, Italy. After … Read more

Carlo Scarpa

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Carlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape, and the history of Venetian culture, and Japan.[1] Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the techniques of the artist and craftsman into ingenious glass and furniture design.[2][3][4] Biography Scarpa was born in Venice. Much … Read more

Gio Ponti

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Giovanni “Gio” Ponti ([d͡ʒo] 18 November 1891 – 16 September 1979) was an Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, teacher, writer and publisher.[4] During his career, which spanned six decades, Ponti built more than a hundred buildings in Italy and in the rest of the world. He designed a considerable number of decorative art … Read more

Pier Luigi Nervi

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Born 21 June 1891 Sondrio, Italy Died 9 January 1979 (aged 87) Nationality Italian Education University of Bologna Occupation Engineer Engineering career Discipline Structural engineer Institutions Society for Concrete Construction Institution of Structural Engineers Projects Olympic Stadium in Rome (1960) UNESCO headquarters in Paris (1950) Hangar in Orvieto (1935) Awards IStructE Gold Medal Wilhelm Exner … Read more