Massimiliano Fuksas | |
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 Massimiliano Fuksas | |
| Born | (1944-01-09)9 January 1944 (age 81) |
| Occupation | Architect |
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| Buildings | FieraMilano,New Exhibition Hall, Armani Store Fifth Avenue, Armani Ginza Tower, Centro Congressi Italia,Vienna Twin Tower,Zénith Music Hall,Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport,Peres Center for Peace |
Massimiliano Fuksas (born 9 January 1944) is an Italian architect. He is the head ofStudio Fuksas in partnership with his wife, Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas,[1] with offices inRome,Paris andShenzhen.
Fuksas was born in Rome in 1944; his father wasLithuanian Jewish while hisCatholic mother was the daughter of a French father and an Austrian mother.
At the beginning of the 1960s, he worked forGiorgio de Chirico in Rome. After he left Italy, he worked for a period forArchigram in London, forHenning Larsen and forJørn Utzon in Copenhagen. He received his degree inarchitecture from theLa Sapienza University in 1969 in Rome,[2] where he opened his first office in 1967, the GRANMA, collaborating with his first-wife Anna Maria Sacconi.
From 1985 he has worked in partnership with his second wife, Doriana Mandrelli, who graduated in architecture in Paris in 2007.[3] Subsequent offices were opened in Paris (1989) and Vienna (1993), Frankfurt (2002) and Shenzhen, China (2008).[3]Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport's new Terminal 3, which his firm designed and built 2008-2013 (with parametric design support by the engineering firmKnippers Helbig), is an outstanding example for the use ofparametric design and production technologies in a large scale building.
Fuksas had two daughters with Doriana Fuksas:Elisa and Lavinia.
From 1994 to 1997 he was a member of the urban commissions of Berlin and of Salzburg. For many years he has dedicated his special attention to the study of urban problems and in particular to the suburbs. From June 1997 he was advisor to the I.F.A. (Institut Français d'Architecture) Administration Board. Since January 2000, he writes the architecture column of the weekly publicationL'Espresso, established byBruno Zevi. In 2000 he was (somewhat ironically in light of his practice of employing unpaid interns for periods up to two years) the Director of TheVenice Biennale's - 7th International Architecture Exhibition - "Less Aesthetics, More Ethics".[2]
He isvisiting professor at several universities, including theÉcole spéciale d'architecture in Paris, andColumbia University inNew York.[2][4]
On 6 December 2021, Fuksas had his Lithuanian citizenship restored.[5][6]
