Franco Purini, born as Francesco Purini (Isola del Liri, 9 November 1941), is an Italian architect, essayist, and university professor. He has designed many buildings, including the
Torre Eurosky in
Rome
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He studied architecture in Rome with , earning his degree in 1971, spending his free time in the company of Franco Libertucci,
Achille Perilli
Achille Perilli (28 January 1927 – 16 October 2021) was an Italian painter and sculptor.
Biography
Born in Rome on 28 January 1927, Achille Perilli attended classical secondary school and earned a degree in literature with a thesis on Giorgio ...
, and Lorenzo Taiuti.
After his first work experience with and
Vittorio Gregotti
Vittorio Gregotti (10 August 1927 – 15 March 2020) was an Italian architect, born in Novara. He was seen as both a member of the Neo-Avant Garde and a key figure in 1970s Postmodernism.
Biography
Gregotti was born in Novara, in the Italian P ...
, starting in 1969 mainly in Florence and Cosenza Universities, he joined the workshop "" and after a brief period of teaching in Reggio Calabria and Rome he became a professor at the
IUAV, University of Architecture in Venice. From 2003, he has taught at the La Sapienza University in Rome.
For his accomplishments in his field, as an architect and theoretician, he was elected Accademico Corrispondente in the Academy of Arts and Drawings of Florence.
Starting in 1966 he established a long life collaboration in Rome with his wife , with whom he participated to the Biennale of Venice and the Triennale of Milan.
In 1980 he was one of the architects called by
Paolo Portoghesi
Paolo Portoghesi (born 2 November 1931, Rome) is an Italian architect, theorist, historian and professor of architecture at the University La Sapienza in Rome. He is a former president of the architectural section of the Venice Biennale (1979–92 ...
to the Biennale of Venice to participate in the installation "Venezia Novissima" that became a manifesto of post modern architecture.
His projects consist of dense patterns of lines and cross references. His structures echoe rationalism and classical tradition, with clear citations of Maurizio Sacripanti and Giovan Battista Piranesi, which refer to the splendour of a metaphysic character.
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Living people
1941 births
Architects from Lazio
20th-century Italian architects
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