Paolo Piva (13 March 1950 − 6 July 2017) was an Austrian-Italian architect and designer.
Biography
Paolo Piva was born on 13 March 1950, in
Adria
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in the
Veneto
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Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
region of
Northern Italy
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. He studied architecture under Prof.
Carlo Scarpa
Carlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape and the history of Venetian culture, and by Japan. Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the tec ...
in
Venice
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.
He worked as an architect and created designs for renowned furniture companies, such as Poliform/Varenna, De Sede,
B&B Italia
B&B Italia SpA is an Italian modern furniture company whose products are sold worldwide. The company was founded in 1966 by the Busnelli family, who manages the company. On March 1, 2011, the Busnelli family became majority shareholders of the co ...
and Wittmann Austria.
Since 1988, Piva was Professor for Industrial Design at the
University of Applied Arts Vienna
The University of Applied Arts Vienna (german: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, or informally just ''Die Angewandte'') is an arts university and institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university sta ...
. He worked and lived in Venice and Vienna and
Biella
Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and ''comune'' in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of Turin an ...
,
Piedmont
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[Wojciech Czaja: ]
„Architekt und Designer Paolo Piva verstorben“
', Der Standard
''Der Standard'' is an Austrian daily newspaper published in Vienna.
History and profile
''Der Standard'' was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and published its first edition on 19 October 1988. German media company Axel Springe ...
, 7 July 2017 (german)
„Scompare Paolo Piva. Il ricordo di Giorgio Busnelli“
', La Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo ...
, 7. July 2017 (italian)
Piva died on 6 July 2017 in Vienna.
Publications
* "''I secoli di Polirone. Committenza e produzione artistica di un monastero benedettino''", ''Senza editore 1981'' (it)
* "Paolo Piva. ''Design und Architektur''", Residenz 1997, (en)
* "''Architektur & Design''", Residenz 1999, (en)
* "ID 1 - Industrial Design", ''Jung und Jung'', 2011, (de)
* "Houses & Homes", ''Jung und Jung'', 2013, (en)
External links
*
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Paolo Piva at Webpage ''stylepark.com''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Piva, Paolo
1950 births
2017 deaths
Architects from Vienna