Massimiliano Fuksas (born 9 January 1944) is an Italian architect. He is the head of Studio Fuksas in partnership with his wife, Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas, with offices in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen.
Biography
Fuksas was born in Rome in 1944; his father was Lithuanian Jewish while his Catholic mother was the daughter of a French father and an Austrian mother.
At the beginning of the 1960s, he worked for Giorgio de Chirico in Rome. After he left Italy, he worked for a period for Archigram in London, for Henning Larsen and for Jørn Utzon in Copenhagen. He received his degree in architecture from the La Sapienza University in 1969 in Rome, where he opened his first office in 1967, the GRANMA, collaborating with his first-wife Anna Maria Sacconi.
From 1985 he has worked in partnership with his second wife, Doriana Mandrelli, who graduated in architecture in Paris in 2007. Subsequent offices were opened in Paris (1989) and Vienna (1993), Frankfurt (2002) and Shenzhen, China (2008). Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport's new Terminal 3, which his firm designed and built 2008-2013 (with parametric design support by the engineering firm Knippers Helbig), is an outstanding example for the use of parametric design and production technologies in a large scale building.
Fuksas had two daughters with Doriana Fuksas: Elisa and Lavinia.
From 1994 to 1997 he was a member of the urban commissions of Berlin and of Salzburg. For many years he has dedicated his special attention to the study of urban problems and in particular to the suburbs. From June 1997 he was advisor to the I.F.A. (Institut Français d'Architecture) Administration Board. Since January 2000, he writes the architecture column of the weekly publication L'Espresso, established by Bruno Zevi. In 2000 he was (somewhat ironically in light of his practice of employing unpaid interns for periods up to two years) the Director of The Venice Biennale's - 7th International Architecture Exhibition - "Less Aesthetics, More Ethics".
He is visiting professor at several universities, including the École spéciale d'architecture in Paris, and Columbia University in New York.
On 6 December 2021, Fuksas had his Lithuanian citizenship restored.
Main works
School at Anagni Gym at Paliano University at Brest and Limoges, France "Flora Tristan" University Complex, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France Maison des Arts, Bordeaux, France Cave of Niaux visitor entrance, Ariège (department), France Shopping Mall Europark 1, Salzburg, Austria Vienna Twin Tower in Vienna, Austria PalaLottomatica Facade, Rome, Italy FieraMilano exhibition complex, Rho, Milan, Italy Centro Congressi Italia, EUR district, Rome Urban master plan FrankfurtHochVier in Frankfurt, Germany Nardini Auditorium and Research Centre, Bassano del Grappa, Italy Ferrari Headquarters and Research Centre, Maranello, Italy New Exhibition Hall, Porta Palazzo district, Turin, Italy Armani Ginza Tower, Tokyo, Japan Armani Fifth Avenue, New York City, US De Cecco Headquarters, Pescara, Italy Zénith Music Hall, Strasbourg, France St. Paul Apostle's Church (Chiesa di San Paolo Apostolo), Foligno, Italy Peres Center for Peace, Ajami, Jaffa, Israel French National Archives, Pierrefitte, France Shopping centre BLOB, Eindhoven, Netherlands Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, in cooperation with Knippers Helbig, Shenzhen, China Tbilisi Service Centre, Tbilisi, Georgia
Works in progress Piedmont Region Headquarters, Lingotto district, Turin House of Justice, Tbilisi, Georgia Australia Forum, Canberra, Australia Is Molas Golf Resort, Pula, Sardinia, Italy Beverly Center, Beverly Hills, US Bandra Versova Sealink, Mumbai, India
Major awards 1998 Vitruvio a la Trayectoria, in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1999 Grand Prix d'Architecture Française 2000 Accademico Nazionale di San Luca, Italy 2000 Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française 2002 Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects 2006 Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London 2009, Gold Medal for Italian Architecture, Triennale di Milano, Milano 2011 Ignazio Silone International Prize for Culture, Rome
References
Other references Ruggero Lenci, Massimiliano Fuksas. Oscillazioni e sconfinamenti, Testo e Immagine Ed., Torino, 1996.
External links
Official commercial site Massimiliano Fuksas - in Italian ARC Profile at Specifier Magazine Interview in the LEAF Review