Massimiliano Fuksas

Massimiliano Fuksas (born January 9, 1944) is an Italian architect. He is the

Massimiliano Fuksas
head of Studio Fuksas in partnership with his wife, Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas,[1]
OMRI
with offices in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen.

Contents
Biography
Main works
Works in progress
Major awards
References
Massimiliano Fuksas
Other references Born January 9, 1944
External links Rome
Nationality Italian
Occupation Architect
Biography
Awards Honorary Fellowship
of the American
Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellowship
of the Royal Institute
of British Architects
Grand Prix
d'Architecture
Française
International
Architecture Awards
2007
Rome Convention Center "La Nuvola"
Buildings FieraMilano, New
Fuksas was born in Rome in 1944; his father was Lithuanian Jewish while his
Exhibition Hall,
Catholic mother was the daughter of a French father and an Austrian mother.
Armani Store Fifth
Avenue, Armani Ginza
At the beginning of the Sixties, he worked for Giorgio De Chirico in Rome. Tower, Centro
After he left Italy and worked for a period for Archigram in London, for Congressi Italia,
Henning Larsen and for Jørn Utzon in Copenhagen. He received his degree in Vienna Twin Tower,
architecture from the La Sapienza University in 1969 in Rome,[2] where he Zénith Music Hall,
opened his first office in 1967, the GRANMA. Shenzhen Bao'an
International Airport,
From 1985 he has worked in partnership with his wife, Doriana Mandrelli.[3]
Peres Center for
Subsequent offices were opened in Paris (1989) and Vienna (1993), Frankfurt
Peace
(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 firm Knippers
Helbig), is an outstanding example for the use of parametric 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
publication L'Espresso, established by Bruno 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 The Venice Biennale's - 7th International Architecture Exhibition -
"Less Aesthetics, More Ethics".[2]

He is visiting professor at several universities, including the École spéciale d'architecture in Paris, and Columbia University in
New York.[2][4]

Main works
School at Anagni
Gym at Paliano
University at Brest and Limoges, France
"Flora Tristan" University Complex, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
Maison des Arts, Bordeaux, France
Cave of Niaux visitor entrance, Ariège (department), France
Shopping Mall Europark 1, Salzburg, Austria
Vienna Twin Tower in Vienna, Austria
PalaLottomatica Facade, Rome, Italy
FieraMilano exhibition complex, Rho, Milan, Italy
Centro Congressi Italia, EUR district, Rome[5]
Urban master plan FrankfurtHochVier in Frankfurt, Germany
Nardini Auditorium and Research Centre, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Ferrari Headquarters and Research Centre, Maranello, Italy
Twin Tower, Vienna
New Exhibition Hall, Porta Palazzo district, Turin
Armani Ginza Tower, Tokyo
Armani Fifth Avenue, New York City
De Cecco Headquarters, Pescara, Italy
Zénith Music Hall, Strasbourg
St. Paul Apostle's Church (Chiesa di San Paolo Apostolo), Foligno, Italy
Peres Center for Peace, Ajami, Jaffa[6]
French National Archives, Pierrefitte, France
Shopping centre BLOB, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, in cooperation with Knippers Helbig,
Shenzhen, China
Tbilisi Service Centre, Tbilisi, Georgia[7]

Works in progress
Piedmont Region Headquarters, Lingotto district, Turin
House of Justice, Tbilisi, Georgia
FieraMilano complex, Milan
Australia Forum, Canberra, Australia
Is Molas Golf Resort, Pula, Croatia
Beverly Center, Beverly Hills, USA
 Bandra Versova Sealink, Mumbai, India

Major awards
1998 Vitruvio a la Trayectoria, in Buenos Aires
1999 Grand Prix d'Architecture Française[8]
2000 Accademico Nazionale di San Luca, Italy
2000 Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République
Peres Center for Peace,
Française
Ajami, Jaffa
2002 Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects
2006 Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects,
London[3]
2009, Gold Medal for Italian Architecture, Triennale di Milano, Milano
2011 Ignazio Silone International Prize for Culture, Rome[3]

References
Shenzhen Bao'an
1. Parreno, Christian (2015-10-30). "The authority of boldness" (https://www.th International Airport
eglassmagazine.com/interview-with-italian-architect-massimiliano-fuksas/).
The Glass Magazine. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
2. Aisha Hasanovic (1 July 2006). 2000 Architects (https://books.google.com/b
ooks?id=jZvYSYgHGZgC&pg=PA405). Images Publishing. pp. 405–.
ISBN 978-1-920744-93-9. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
3. Parreño, Christian (2011). "The Authority of Boldness" (http://www.theglass
magazine.com). Glass Magazine (7): 168–171. ISSN 2041-6318 (https://ww
w.worldcat.org/issn/2041-6318).
4. Sabina Marreiros; Heinfried Tacke (1 November 2006). Shop Design (http Zénith Music Hall, Strasbourg,
s://books.google.com/books?id=6289bVZR41oC&pg=PA383). teNeues. France
pp. 383–. ISBN 978-3-8327-9104-9. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
5. Duncan Garwood; Abigail Hole (1 February 2008). Rome (https://books.goo
gle.com/books?id=2vkRSd2mZCUC&pg=PA51). Lonely Planet. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1-74104-659-5. Retrieved
28 April 2012.
6. Ron Friedman (2009-12-18), "Peres Center arrives alongside Ajami" (http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id
=163512), The Jerusalem Post
7. "Tbilisi Public Service Hall / Studio Fuksas" (http://www.archdaily.com/792131/tbilisi-public-service-hall-studio-fuk
sas). ArchDaily. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
8. David Trottin (1999). In-Ex Projects (https://books.google.com/books?id=Ry7XhIFRhvMC&pg=PA214).
Birkhäuser. pp. 214–. ISBN 978-3-7643-6128-0. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

Other references
Ruggero Lenci, Massimiliano Fuksas. Oscillazioni e sconfinamenti, Testo e Immagine Ed., Torino, 1996.
ISBN 88-86498-06-3

External links
Official commercial site (http://www.fuksas.it)
Massimiliano Fuksas - in Italian ARC (https://web.archive.org/web/20070902202202/http://www.darc.benicultural
i.it/fuksas/home.htm)
Profile at Specifier Magazine (https://web.archive.org/web/20080726041350/http://www.specifier.com.au/projects/
public/29942/Italian-Typhoon.html)
 Interview in the LEAF Review (http://www.designbuild-network.com/features/feature49811/)

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