Marcello Guido (born 1 January 1953) is an Italian
deconstructivist
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architect
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.
Born in
Acri
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Acri's coat of arms is represented by three mountains surmounted by thre ...
, he is based in
Cosenza,
Calabria.
He trained as an architect at the Faculty of Architecture of
La Sapienza
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University, Rome. He is a student of
Bruno Zevi
Bruno Zevi (22 January 1918 – 9 January 2000) was an Italian architect, historian, professor, curator, author, and editor. Zevi was a vocal critic of "classicizing" modern architecture and postmodernism.
Early life
Zevi was born and died i ...
. He is president of the Istituto Nazionale di Architettura (InArch) Calabria section and a member of the Istituto's Administrative Board.
He is regarded as an authority on the integration of contemporary architecture in the setting of Italy's historic city centres. His "forceful and courageous" Piazza Toscana archaeological site project
in Cosenza was awarded the
Dedalo Minosse Prize (Dedalo Minosse International Prize for Italian Architecture) Special Prize in 2002.
The dynamism of its conceptualisation has been favourably compared with that of the corkscrew lantern on the dome of Borromini's
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (''lit.'' 'Saint Ivo at the Sapienza (University of Rome)') is a Roman Catholic church in Rome. Built in 1642–1660 by the architect Francesco Borromini, the church is widely regarded a masterpiece of Roman Baroque archite ...
.
His work, representative of the deconstructivist style of architecture in Italy, is the subject of Cesare De Sessa 's monograph "Marcello Guido, L'impegno nella trasgressione" ("Marcello Guido, Commitment in Transgression").
Work
* Museum of the Horse (Museo del cavallo), Bisignano, Calabria
* Piazza Toscano, archaeological site covering, Cosenza, Calabria
* Social Centre, San Giorgio Albanese, Calabria, Italy
* Service Centre "Park Crista", Acri, Calabria, Cosenza
* Pavilion, San Giorgio Albanese, Calabria, Cosenza
* Tourist Centre, Pescolanciano, Molise, Isernia
* Apartment Building, Cosenza, Calabria
* and other projects.
[http://www.greatbuildings.com/wiki/Marcello_Guido ]
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guido, Marcello
1953 births
Living people
People from the Province of Cosenza
20th-century Italian architects
21st-century Italian architects