Paolo Piva
Paolo Piva (13 March 1950 − 6 July 2017) was an Italian architect and designer.
Paolo Piva
- Born
- 1950 · Adria.
- Died
- 2017 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- architect · designer · university teacher
- Fields
- architecture · design · industrial design right · industrial design
- Education
- IUAV University of Venice
- Teachers
- Carlo Scarpa
- Languages
- German · Italian
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Paolo Piva (13 March 1950 − 6 July 2017) was an Italian architect and designer.
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Paolo Piva studied at IUAV University of Venice. Training under Carlo Scarpa is recorded. The recorded working language is German and Italian. The field of work recorded is architecture, design and industrial design right. Places of work recorded in the authority are Venice. Employment is recorded with University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Paolo Piva was born on 13 March 1950, in Adria in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. He studied architecture under Prof. Carlo Scarpa in Venice. He worked as an architect and created designs for renowned furniture companies, such as Poliform/Varenna, De Sede, B&B Italia and Wittmann Austria. Since 1988, Piva was Professor for Industrial Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He worked and lived in Venice and Vienna and Biella, Piedmont. Piva died on 6 July 2017 in Vienna.
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1950
Paolo Piva born at Adria.
2017
Paolo Piva died at Vienna.
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• "I secoli di Polirone. Committenza e produzione artistica di un monastero benedettino", Senza editore 1981 (it) • "Paolo Piva. Design und Architektur", Residenz 1997, (en) • "Architektur & Design", Residenz 1999, (en) • "ID 1 - Industrial Design", Jung und Jung, 2011, (de) • "Houses & Homes", Jung und Jung, 2013, (en)
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Paolo Piva worked in architecture, design, industrial design right, industrial design and furniture design. He was employed by University of Applied Arts Vienna. He worked at Venice.
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