Antonio Citterio
Antonio Citterio (born 1950, in Meda, Italy) is an Italian architect, furniture designer and industrial designer who lives and works in Milan. He designed the A2A Tower in Milan.
Antonio Citterio
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- Born
- 1950 · Meda.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- architect · designer · university teacher
- Education
- Polytechnic University of Milan
- Honours
- Compasso d'Oro
- Languages
- Italian
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Antonio Citterio (born 1950, in Meda, Italy) is an Italian architect, furniture designer and industrial designer who lives and works in Milan. He designed the A2A Tower in Milan.
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Antonio Citterio studied at Polytechnic University of Milan. The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome. Employment is recorded with Sapienza University of Rome. Work by Antonio Citterio is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum and Design Museum Gent. Distinctions recorded are Compasso d'Oro.
He received a degree in architecture from Politecnico di Milano in 1972, and subsequently started working as a designer and industrial design consultant. From 1987 to 1996, he worked in association with Terry Dwan, designing buildings in Europe and Japan. In 2000, with Patricia Viel, he founded "Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel" (ACPV), a cross-disciplinary practice for architecture and interior design. The firm works internationally, developing projects on all scales in collaboration with a network of specialist consultants. Antonio Citterio currently works in the industrial design sector with companies such as Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Hermès, Iittala, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec (Geberit Group), Technogym and Vitra. From 2006 to 2016, he was an Architectural Design professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in Switzerland. In 1987 and 1994, Citterio was awarded the "Compasso d'Oro" prize. In 2008, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce of London awarded him the title of "Honorary Royal Designer for Industry".
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Antonio Citterio is recorded as architect, designer and university teacher.

The Cooper Square Hotel at 25 Cooper Square in lower manhattan, New York City, was designed by Carlos Zapata and has interiors by Antonio Citterio. The 21-story tower was opened in 2008.
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1950
Antonio Citterio born at Meda.
2020
La Bella Vita is dated 2020.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q601610: Antonio Citterio
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- “Antonio Citterio”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Building as Refined Object: The Architecture of Antonio Citterio, Architectural Design, 2007
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2007
Awards
• Continental Winners Prix Versailles (2018) • Compasso d'Oro (1987, 1994)
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Building as Refined Object: The Architecture of Antonio Citterio, Architectural Design, 2007Crossref registry
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