Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani
Encyclopedia
Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani (5 March 1951, Rome) is an Italian architect
and architectural theoretician
. He is professor for the History of Urban Design at the ETH Zurich Faculty of Architecture
and has architectural practices in Milan
and Zurich
.
In the 1980s he was advisor to the International Building Exhibition Berlin
(IBA). In 1990 Lampugnani became the Director of the German Architecture Museum
in Frankfurt am Main
.
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and architectural theoretician
Architectural theory
Architectural theory is the act of thinking, discussing, or most importantly writing about architecture. Architectural theory is taught in most architecture schools and is practiced by the world's leading architects. Some forms that architecture theory takes are the lecture or dialogue, the...
. He is professor for the History of Urban Design at the ETH Zurich Faculty of Architecture
ETH Zurich Faculty of Architecture
Founded in 1854, the Faculty of Architecture at ETH Zurich is an architecture school of worldwide reputation, providing education in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban design...
and has architectural practices in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
.
In the 1980s he was advisor to the International Building Exhibition Berlin
International Building Exhibition Berlin
The International Building Exhibition Berlin was an urban renewal project in Berlin, Germany. Initiated in 1979, it was completed in 1987, matching the 750th anniversary of the founding of Berlin. The IBA followed two distinct strategies: "careful urban renewal" and "critical...
(IBA). In 1990 Lampugnani became the Director of the German Architecture Museum
German Architecture Museum
The German Architecture Museum is located on the Museumsufer in Frankfurt, Germany. Housed in an 18th-century building, the interior has been re-designed by Oswald Mathias Ungers in 1984 as a set of "elemental Platonic buildings within elemental Platonic buildings".The museum organises several...
in Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
.