Italo Rota

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Italo Rota
Politecnico di Milano
OccupationArchitect
AwardsGrand Prix de l’Urbanisme, Paris
Landmark Conservancy Prize, New York
Medaglia d’Oro all’Architettura Italiana[1][2]
PracticeStudio Italo Rota
BuildingsCivic media library of Anzola dell'Emilia
ProjectsMuseo del Novecento
Mobility and public spaces of the historical centre of Nantes
Casa Italiana, Columbia University

Italo Rota (2 October 1953 – 6 April 2024) was an Italian architect.

Biography

Born in Milan in 1953, he obtained a degree in Architecture at Milan Polytechnic University in 1982. Before that, he had started off in the architecture firms of Franco Albini and Vittorio Gregotti. During his four-year apprenticeship with Gregotti, he worked on his project for the

Boscolo Exedra Hotel in Milan,[8] the Hindu temple of Lord Hanuman,[9] the Ciudades de Agua pavilion for the Expo 2008 in Zaragoza,[10] the Triennale Design Museum in 2007,[11] as well as the above-mentioned Museo del Novecento,[12]
inaugurated in December 2010.

Rota died on 6 April 2024, at the age of 70.[13]

Teaching activity

Italo Rota was Professor of Design at the École d’Architecture UP8 Paris-Belleville (1987–1990), the Faculty of Architecture of Ferrara (1998–2000) and the IED of Milan (1996–1998). He gave seminars in various faculties and schools of architecture, such as the Columbia University, Politecnico di Milano, Lausanne Faculty of Architecture and Geneva Faculty of Architecture. Until his death, he was Director of the Design Department at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan and gave a workshop at IUAV on a project entitled Memory Garden.

Awards

  • In 1994, Grand Prix de l’Urbanisme, Paris
  • In 1996, Landmark Conservancy Prize, New York
  • In 2002, Premio Città di Gubbio, Gubbio
  • In 2003, Medaglia d’Oro all’Architettura Italiana[14]
  • In 2006, Medaglia d’Oro all’Architettura Italiana[15]
  • In 2009, Premio di Architettura ANCE Catania
  • In 2010, Primo Premio del Marble Architectural Awards 2010 nella categoria “Interni”
  • In 2011, Premio Internazionale Ischia di Architettura (PIDA)

References

  1. ^ "Triennale Milano".
  2. ^ "Triennale Milano".
  3. ^ "Cerca nel catalogo".
  4. ^ "Italo Rota". www.theplan.it. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Italo Rota e Roberto Cavalli - Vogue.it". www.vogue.it. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Studio italo rota & partners".
  7. ^ it:Foro Italico (Palermo)
  8. ^ http://milano.boscolohotels.com/hotel-5-stelle/la-storia/
  9. ^ http://blog.syncronia.com/en/dolvi-temple-of-hanuman/
  10. ^ "Le firme italiane all'Expo Saragozza 2008".
  11. ^ it:Triennale Design Museum
  12. ^ "Sede". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  13. ^ Morto Italo Rota, l'architetto del Museo del Novecento (in Italian)
  14. ^ "Triennale di Milano - Medaglia d'oro all'Architettura italiana - I Edizione". Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Triennale di Milano - Medaglia d'oro all'Architettura italiana - II Edizione". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

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