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Doriana & Massimiliano Fuksas
“Light is the solidity of architecture.”
Studio Fuksas, led by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, is one of the most renowned architectural firms in the world.
Of Lithuanian descent, Massimiliano was born in Rome in 1944. In 1967, before he finished his academic training, he set up his own studio in the same city where he received his Architecture title from La Sapienza two years later.
Since 1985, he has worked in partnership with his wife Doriana Mandrelli who has become a pivotal figure in his practice. They opened a second office in Paris in 1989, a third one in Vienna in 1993 and another one in Frankfurt in 2002 – the latter two were active until 2001 and 2009 respectively. In 2008 he expanded his practice to Shenzhen, China. Different from other international studios, Massimiliano maintains complete creative control over all the projects in all the offices.
“There is no common style or logical sequence in the work by Massimiliano Fuksas, ” writes Christian Parreno, in a 2015 profile. “His architectural language is varied although consistently bold and intrepid: shapes are not repeated but there is faith in the potential of architecture to affect and change. “
Awarded with several recognitions – such as the 2011 Ignazio Silone International Prize for Culture in Rome, the 2006 Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects in London and the 1999 Grand Prix Nationale d’Architecture France in Paris – Massimiliano has devoted over thirty years of research to urban problems in large metropolitan European areas.
Massimiliano believes that Europe and North America are failing to grasp the reality of a post-globalisation era while he sees in China a powerful nation that no longer “sell us t-shirts but the highest technology”. As a result, architecture needs to balance the political, financial and ecological conditions of the world.
Since 2000 Massimiliano has also been the author of the architectural column, founded by the influential critic and theorist Bruno Zevi, in the weekly magazine L’Espresso.
Lights Designed by Doriana & Massimiliano Fuksas
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