Vittorio Gregotti
Vittorio Gregotti (10 August 1927 – 15 March 2020) was an Italian architect, born in Novara. He was seen as both a member of the Neo-Avant Garde and a key figure in 1970s Postmodernism.
Vittorio Gregotti
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- Born
- 1927.
- Died
- 2020.
- Nationality
- Italy.
- Occupation
- architect, university teacher and editor-in-chief.
- Movements
- neorationalism.
- Known for
- Stade des Costières, Marrakesh Stadium, Stadio Luigi Ferraris and Belém Cultural Center.
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Gregotti was born in Novara, in the Italian Piedmont, and attended the Politecnico di Milano. He worked as a contributor to Casabella, an architectural magazine, and was its editor-in-chief from 1955 to 1963. Gregotti founded his own studio, Gregotti Associati International, in 1974 but also lectured on architectural theory and curated several exhibits in Italy. His studio has designed several important sports venues and cultural buildings, such as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, the Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon, the Arcimboldi Opera Theater in Milan and several university campuses, including that of the University of Calabria. His studio also designed Pujiang New Town in Shanghai, China, a new town with an Italian architectural theme in the neo-rationalist style. The town was developed via the One City, Nine Towns initiative. In 2012, he wrote an article for STUDIO Architecture and Urbanism magazine published in its issue#02 Original, edited by Romolo Calabrese. Gregotti was a member of the Italian Communist Party. His 1996 book Inside Architecture was recommended by English architect Alan Colquhoun as having "an unusual honesty and philosophical depth of thought". Gregotti died of COVID-19 in Milan on 15 March 2020, aged 92.
Vittorio Gregotti at the Festival of Economics in Trento.
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1927
Vittorio Gregotti was born in 1927.
2020
Vittorio Gregotti died at Milan.
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scholarly publication
- Gregotti, Vittorio (1927–), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, 2016
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2016
- Vittorio Gregotti. Architect of the Modern Project, 2025
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2025
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091202419, Progetto per l'Università delle Calabrie e Altre Architetture di Vittorio Gregotti (1979).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- “Vittorio Gregotti”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Otero-Pailos, Jorge. Interview with Vittorio Gregotti: The Role of Phenomenology in the Formation of the Italian Neo-Avant Garde. Thresholds. MIT Department of Architecture. 21. 40–46. January 2000. 1091-711X.
- 2.Sayer, Jason. Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti dies of coronavirus at 92. The Architect's Newspaper. 15 March 2020.
- 3.Vittorio Gregotti, renowned Italian architect, dies of coronavirus at 92. The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 15 March 2020.
- 4.Xue, Charlie Q. L. Importation and adaptation: building one city and nine towns in Shanghai: a case study of Vittorio Gregotti's plan of Pujiang Town. Urban Design International. Palgrave Macmillan. 12. 21–40. 2007. 10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000180.
- 5.Lin, Zhongjie. Constructing Utopias: China's New Town Movement in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press. 2025. 978-0-19-779330-5.
- 6.STUDIO Architecture and Urbanism magazine
- 7.Article on Issue#02 Original
- 8.Press, The MIT. Inside Architecture The MIT Press. mitpress.mit.edu.
- 9.Coronavirus: morto Vittorio Gregotti, maestro dell'architettura del Novecento. Corriere della Sera. 15 March 2020.
- 10.Vittorio Gregotti, renowned Italian architect, dies of coronavirus at 92. The Guardian. 16 March 2020.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Fiell, Charlotte. Design of the 20th Century. Taschen. 302. 2005. 9783822840788.
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Vittorio Gregotti. Architect of the Modern Project, 2025Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091202419, Progetto per l'Università delle Calabrie e Altre Architetture di Vittorio Gregotti (1979).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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