Of Lithuanian origin, Massimiliano Fuksas was born in Rome in 1944, where he graduated
in architecture at the University "La Sapienza" in 1969. in 1967, he created his
studio in Rome, followed in 1989 and in 1993 his studies in Paris and Vienna. 1994-1997
is a member of the planning commissions of Berlin and of Salzburg. In 1998 he was
awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award "at the international Vitruvius Trayectoria"
in Buenos Aires.Dal 1998-2000 is director of the VII International Biennale of Architecture
of Venezia.nel 2002 was honored with the 'Honorary Fellowship of the AIA (American
Institute of Architects.) in 1999 he received the Grand Prix d'architecture française
and the following year he was named the National Academic of St. Luke and awarded
Commandeur de l'orde des arts et des lettres de la République française. Since January
2000, writes a column architecture of the weekly "L'Espresso", founded by Bruno Zevi.La
Massimiliano Fuksas academic career includes teaching at several universities, including
the Staadtliche Bildenden Akademie der Künste in Stuttgart, the École Spéciale d'architecture
in Paris, Bildenden the Akademie der Künste in Vienna, Columbia University in New
York and the University of Rome.
Massimiliano Fuksas has focused his practice primarily on public works, including
university buildings and large urban complexes. has proven its ability to "sculpt"
and realize buildings in various scales like the museum of graffiti in Niaux and
the Twin Towers in Vienna, which draw a new sky-line of città.Fra its main achievements
and ongoing projects : the Pero-rho exhibition center in Milan, the company's headquarters
Bortolo Nardini Bassano del grappa (Vicenza), the MAB shopping center in Frankfurt,
the pool Aquadeus in Salzburg, center arcaden Erlangen in Erlangen, the Twin Towers,
two towers for new headquarters offices of the Wienerberger (h.150 m - 160,000 sqm),
multiplexes, restaurants and car parks and the master plan for the city Wienerberger
in Vienna, the new headquarters center for research Ferrari in Maranello, the Italian
Space Agency - ASI in Rome , the congress center in Rome, Italy Eur, the Peace Center
in Jaffa, on behalf of Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat, the renovation and expansion
Îlot Cantagrel Paris XIII, the center for training and research on building de Maximilien
Perret Alfortville Vincennes in Paris, the University of Brest city center, the Maison
des arts at the University of Bordeaux, the urban planning of the Place des nations
in Geneva, the urban renovation of neighborhoods near the Seine at Clichy in Paris,
the plan urban Tremblay en france on an area of 1,000 ha in the area of the international
airport of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, the International Trade Center
in Pudong, Shanghai, covering an area of 4,000,000 mq.Dal 1985 collaborates with
his wife Doriana O. Mandrelli.
