Arduino Cantafora
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Arduino Cantafora (born November 8, 1945, in Milan), Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and writer. He was the student of Aldo Rossi
Biography[edit]
Graduated at the Politecnico di Milano, he became renowned for his paintings with Renaissance influence, inspired by Giorgio de Chirico. He became acquainted with Aldo Rossi, of whom he was a pupil.[1]
In the 1990s, he designed scenery for operas: Perseus and Andromeda at La Scala (1991) and Mozart's Don Giovanni in Aix-en-Provence (1993).[2]
He has taught at Yale University,[1] IUAV, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio,[1] and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).[2][3]
He is naturalized as a Swiss citizen.
Publications[edit]
- Quindici stanze per una casa (1988)[4]
- La pomme d'Adrien (2002)[5][failed verification]
- Le stanze della vita (2004)[5][failed verification]
- L'architecture du corps (2006, with Charles Duboux)[6]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ a b c "Biography of Arduino Cantafora". Retrieved Aug 25, 2012.
- ^ a b "Biography of Arduino Cantafora". Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved Aug 25, 2012.
- ^ Arduino Cantafora at EPFL
- ^ Arduino Cantàfora (1988). Quindici stanze per una casa. Turin: Einaudi. ISBN 9788806599942.
- ^ a b "Publications of Arduino Cantafora". EPFL. Retrieved Aug 25, 2012.
- ^ L'architecture du corps (FNAC)
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