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5 unusual facts about Alessandro Mendini


Alessandro Mendini

As architect, he designed several buildings; for example the Alessi residence in Omegna, Italy; the theater complex "Teatrino della Bicchieraia" in the Tuscan city of Arezzo; the Forum Museum of Omegna, a memorial tower in Hiroshima, Japan; the Groninger Museum in The Netherlands and the Arosa Casino in Switzerland.

He holds an honorary title from the Architectural League of New York as well as the title of "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" from the French Republic.

DBEW competition

The jury members were prominent international architects, such as Alessandro Mendini, Arata Isozaki and Shigeru Uchida.

Groninger Museum

The current modernist building consists of three main pavilions, each designed by one of the architects Philippe Starck, Alessandro Mendini, Coop Himmelb(l)au, and was completed in 1994.

SACI

Many extraordinary artists have exhibited in the two SACI Galleries, from fashion designer Elio Fiorucci to Proust Armchair creator Alessandro Mendini, from Audrey Flack to Beverly Pepper.


Emilio Ambasz

Mario Bellini, Alessandro Mendini, Michael Sorkin, Ettore Sottsass: Emilio Ambasz: The Poetics of the Pragmatic, Rizzoli, 1989


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