Franco Borsi (1925-2008) was an Italian architect and architectural historian. He was professor of history of architecture at the

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, and wrote on

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, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and

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Life

Franco Borsi studied architecture at the

. After an architectural internship in

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, he moved to

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. As an architect he specialized in interior architecture, particularly nightclubs in the

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area. In the 1960s he started teaching in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Florence, becoming a professor of the history of architecture.Omaggio a Franco Borsi, importante architetto per Pistoia
gonews.it, 6 October 2018.

Works

* (with G. K. Koenig) ''Architettura dell'espressionismo''. Genoa: Vitali e Ghianda; Paris: Vincent, Fréal & Cie, 1967. * ''La chiesa di S. Andrea al Quirinale'', 1967 * (with Paulo Portoghesi) ''Victor Horta'', 1969 * (with Robert-L. Delevoy and H. Wieser-Benedetti) ''Bruxelles 1900''. Roma: Officina, 1972. * (ed.) ''Leon Battista Alberti: the complete works''. Translated by Rudolf G. Carpanini. London: Faber & Faber, 1973 * ''Firenze del Cinquecento''. Rome: Editalia, 1974 * (ed. with Geno Pampaloni) ''Le Piazze''. Novara: Istituto geografico De Agostini, 1975. * ''L'architettura del principe''. Florence: Giunti-Martello, 1980. * ''Bernini''. Translated from the Italian ''Bernini architetto'' by Robert Erich Wolf. New York: Rizzoli, 1984. * (ed.) ''Fortuna degli Etruschi''. Milan: Electa, 1985 * (with Ezio Godoli) ''Vienna 1900: architecture and design''. Translated from the Italian ''Vienne 1900''. New York: Rizzoli, 1986. * ''The monumental era: European architecture and design, 1929-1939''. Translated from ''L'ordre monumental'' by Pamela Marwood. New York: Rizzoli, 1987. * ''Bramante''. Milan : Electa, 1989 * (with Ezio Godoli) ''Paris 1900''. Translated from the Italian by J. C. Palmes. New York: Rizzoli, 1991. * (with Stefano Borsi) ''Paolo Uccello''. Translated from the Italian by Elfreda Powell. New York, N.Y.: H.N. Abrams, 1994. * ''Architecture and Utopia''. Translated by Deke Dusinberre. Hazan Editeur, 1997.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borsi, Franco 1925 births 2008 deaths Architects from Florence Italian architectural historians University of Florence alumni University of Florence faculty