Name Mario Bellini | Role Architect Structures NGV International | |
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Born February 1, 1935 (age 89) ( 1935-02-01 ) Milan Alma mater Milan Polytechnic - Faculty of Architecture Notable work New Museum of the city of Berlin, Germany, 2008Sheikh Zayed National Museum International Competition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2007European Patent Office, L’Aja, Holland, 2004Cittanova 2000, Modena, Italy, 2003Redevelopment of the City Centre of Tian Jin, China, 2003Banca CR Firenze-New H.Q., Italy, 2003New International Trade Fair of Milan – Rho/Pero, Milan, 2002Multifunctional Complex “MAB. Zeil Project”, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002Stolitza Towers, Moscow, 1996Dubai Creek Complex, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1994Goshikidai Marine Resort, Japan, 1993 Awards 8 Compasso d’OroMedaglia d’Oro Education Polytechnic University of Milan Similar People Rudy Ricciotti, Claudio Bellini, Marco Zanuso, Ettore Sottsass, Roy Grounds | ||
Occupation Architect and designer | ||
Mario bellini architect s padiglione informativo expo 2015
Mario Bellini (born February 1, 1935, Milan) is an Italian architect and designer. He graduated from the Milan Polytechnic - Faculty of Architecture in 1959 and began working as an architect himself in the early 1960s. He is the winner among others of 8 Compasso d’Oro and prestigious architecture awards including the Medaglia d’Oro conferred on him by the President of the Italian Republic.
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- Mario bellini architect s padiglione informativo expo 2015
- Mario bellini exclusive interview
- Design
- Architecture
- Exhibitions
- Major personal exhibitions
- References
Like many other Italian architects, his activities range from architecture and urban planning to product and furniture design.
Mario bellini exclusive interview
Design
His early international success grew rapidly during the first two decades, especially in the design sector, and reached its peak in 1987 with the greatest acknowledgement expressed in a personal retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of New York, which at the time already included 25 of his works in its Permanent Collection, including a remarkable set of Olivetti machines as well as the furniture for B&B and Cassina - such as the famous "Cab" chair - and the innovative office chairs designed for Vitra. His career as a product and furniture designer began in 1963. From 1963 to 1991 he was chief design consultant for Olivetti. For many years he designed furnishing products and systems for B&B Italia and Cassina, TV sets for Brionvega, and hi-fi systems, headphones and electric organs for Yamaha. For 5 years he worked as an automobile design consultant with Renault. In 1972 he was commissioned to design and build the prototype of the Kar-a-Sutra mobile environment for the exhibition “Italy: the New Domestic Landscape” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has also designed for Fiat and Lancia (notably the interior of the 1980 Lancia Trevi), lamps for Artemide, Erco and Flos, and office furniture for Vitra. Other firms for whom he has designed and/or continues to design products include (in Italy) Acerbis, Bras, Driade, Candy, Castilia, Flou (Company), Kartell, Marcatrè, Meritalia, Natuzzi and Poltrona Frau; (in Belgium) Ideal Standard; (in Germany) Lamy and Rosenthal; (in Japan) Fuji and Zojtrushi; and (in the USA) Heller. MBA's headquarters of some 1,500 sq.m in Milan were designed by Mario Bellini himself in the early 1990s, and today an average of 30 to 35 architects. In 1999, MBA obtained ISO 9001 quality certification.
Architecture
Since the ‘80s, he has been increasingly successful in the field of architecture in Europe, Japan, the United States, Australia and the Arab Emirates.
Projects built
Projects under construction
Among the best architectural creations
Exhibitions
Avid art lover and collector, he has been responsible for the exhibition design of many art exhibitions, among which:
• "The Treasure of St. Marco in Venice", Grand Palais, Paris, and the major museums around the world, 1984–87
• "Italian Art in the 20th Century", Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1989
• "The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo. The Representation of Architecture", Palazzo Grassi, Venice, then in Paris and Berlin, 1994–95
• "The Triumphs of Baroque. Architecture in Europe 1600-1750", Stupinigi Hunting Palace, Turin, 1999
• "Christopher Dresser. A designer at the Court of Queen Victoria", Triennale, Milan, 2001
• “Annisettanta. Il decennio lungo del secolo breve”, Triennale, 2007–2008
• “Magnificenza e Progetto” Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2008–2009
Major personal exhibitions
• In 1987, the Museum of Modern Art in New York organised the exhibition “Mario Bellini: designer”, the first great retrospective on a living artist
• In 1996, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) held an exhibition of Bellini’s work as an architect
• In 2000, the Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art of Trento, Italy held a personal show “Mario Bellini: a path between architecture, furniture and cars”
• In December 2003, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne reopened with a major exhibition on his work.