Leonardo Benevolo
Illustration — Leonardo Benevolo, with Tommaso Giura Longo and Carlo Melograni: Palazzo degli Affari e della Borsa, Bologna. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1976. Leonardo Benevolo (25 September 1923 – 5 January 2017) was an Italian architect, city planner and architecture historian.
Leonardo Benevolo
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- 1923 · Orta San Giulio.
- Died
- 2017 · Cellatica.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
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- writer · architect · university teacher · urban planner · historian
- Education
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Honours
- Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Leonardo Benevolo, with Tommaso Giura Longo and Carlo Melograni: Palazzo degli Affari e della Borsa, Bologna. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1976. Leonardo Benevolo (25 September 1923 – 5 January 2017) was an Italian architect, city planner and architecture historian.
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1923
Leonardo Benevolo born at Orta San Giulio.
2017
Leonardo Benevolo died at Cellatica.
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Leonardo Benevolo was born in Orta San Giulio, Italy, Benevolo studied architecture in Rome where he graduated in 1946. Later taught history of architecture in Rome, Florence, Venice and Palermo. His book Storia dell'archittetura moderna (History of Modern Architecture) first published in 1960 has been reprinted 18 times, as of 1996, and translated into six other languages. Benevolo developed the concept of ‘neo-conservative’ city which became an important contribution to the understanding of cities’ evolution.
Leonardo Benevolo studied at Sapienza University of Rome. The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Palermo, Florence and Rome. Employment is recorded with University of Palermo, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Florence. Distinctions recorded are Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art.
• 1967 The origins of Modern Town Planning, MIT Press • 1977 History of Modern Architecture, MIT Press • 1980 The History of the City, MIT Press • 1995 The European City, Wiley-Blackwell
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- 1.Eduard Arnold: "Book Review: The European City", in Cultural Geographies, vol.1, April 1994
- 2.Treccani.it. Benèvolo, Leonardo.
- 3.Tournikiotis, Panayotis: The Historiography of Modern Architecture, p. 283, MIT Press, 1999
- 4.Caves, R. W. Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. 39. 2004.
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He was employed by University of Palermo, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Florence. He belonged to Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. He worked at Palermo, Florence and Rome. Recorded as writer, architect, university teacher, urban planner and historian.
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