Piero Sartogo (6 April 1934 – 11 March 2023) was an Italian architect and art theorist.
Life and career
Born in
Rome, in 1959 Sartogo graduated in architecture at the
Sapienza University, and then made an apprenticeship in the studio of
Walter Gropius.
His first important work was the building of the Order of Physicians in Rome, a building with disjointed form, which re-creates the image of a tree with its branches.
Other important Sartogo's works are the in Rome, the
Embassy of Italy, in Washington, D.C., the
Banco di Roma building in New York, the
OECD headquarters in Paris and the Tenuta Ammiraglia-
Frescobaldi in
Montiano.
He was also the worldwide official designer of all
Bulgari
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While the majority of design, production and marketing is overseen and exec ...
showrooms.
The founder together with his life partner Nathalie Grenon of Sartogo Architetti Associati, with offices in Rome and New York, Sartogo took part in various expositions and fairs, including the
Tsukuba Expo 85, the
Seville Expo '92 and the
Genoa Expo '92.
Sartogo was also an art theorist, best known for the essay ''Immagine Reale e Virtuale'' ("Real and Virtual Image").
He served as professor of architecture in his alma mater and as visiting professor in a number of foreign universities including the
Columbia University, the
Cornell University, the
University of Virginia, the
University of Pennsylvania, and the
University of California.
He died in Rome on 11 March 2023, at the age of 88.
References
External links
Piero Sartogoat
Open Library
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1934 births
2023 deaths
People from Rome
Italian architects
Italian male essayists
Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome
Sapienza University of Rome alumni