Manfredi Nicoletti

Manfredi Nicoletti (2009)

Manfredi Nicoletti (born June 16, 1930 in Rieti , Latium ; † October 29, 2017 there ) was an Italian architect .

Life

Manfredi Nicoletti began his training with the artist Giacomo Balla . From 1949 to 1954 he studied architecture at the La Sapienza University in Rome . At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) he completed a master's degree in architecture with Buckminster Fuller , Pietro Belluschi and Eero Saarinen in 1955 . After an internship in Walter Gropius' architecture office , he worked for Minoru Yamasaki in New York City . From 1957 he ran his own architectural office “Studio Nicoletti Associati” in Rome.

Since 1963 Nicoletti also worked as a lecturer, first at the Rhode Island School of Design, later in Italy. From 1980 to 1988 he was a professor in Palermo , then in Rome. In 2009 he was appointed Professor Emeritus of Architecture at La Sapienza University in Rome.

Manfredi Nicoletti was Vice President and Professor at the International Academy of Architecture , honorary member of the Architecture Academies of Russia, France and Moscow. In 1965 he founded the Groupe International d'Architecture Prospective (GIAP) in France with Paul Maymont , Yona Friedman and Michel Ragon .

Honors

• Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (2009)
• Medal of Honor Società Dante Alighieri (2009)
• Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)

Works

• Settlement in Rieti (1965)
• Artificial pen island in Fontvieille , Principality of Monaco (1968)
• Reggio Calabria Airport (1974)
• Seafront of Reggio Calabria (1976)
• Settlement in Gela (1976)
• City map of Gela (1978)
• Airport in Trapani, Lampedusa and Pantelleria (1978)
• Airport and watchtower in Catania (1978)
• Moncada House, Bagheria (1987)
• Universities in Udine (1990)
• Agrigento Hospital (1991)
• City map of Rieti (1992)
• Scientific greenhouse of the Catania University (2000)
• Zoological Museum in Catania (2000)
• Sports Palace, Palermo (2001)
• Parliamentary Conference Room, Rome (2002)
• Carabinieri office, Rieti (2002)
• Millennium Park, Abuja , Nigeria (2003)
• Palace of Justice, Lecce (2004)
• Unità d'Italia square, Rieti (2004)
• Palace of Justice , Arezzo (2008)
• Central Concert Hall Kazakhstan , Astana (Nur-Sultan since 2019) , Kazakhstan (2009)
• Petaling Jaya Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia (2010)

Architecture prizes and awards

• Bienal Miami + Beach international award
• Gold Medal in Art and Culture, Dante Alighieri Institute
• Cityscape Asia international award
• Cityscape Dubai international award
• Dedalo Minosse international award
• Fassa Bortolo sustainability international award
• IAA international award
• Gold Medal from the Architectural Chamber of Rome
• Inarch annual national award
• World Renewable Energy Network UK international award

Fonts (selection)

• “La Storia di quando Frascati divenne New York”, Bellanca, Roma 1963
• "L'Ecosistema Urbano", Dedalo, Bari 1978
• "L'Architettura Liberty in Italia", Laterza, Bari 1978
• "L'Architettura delle Caverne", Laterza, Bari 1980
• " D'Aronco e l'architettura liberty", Laterza, Bari 1982
• “La città del 2000” in: AA.VV. "Verso il 2000", Laterza, Bari 1984
• “Dentro l'architettura moderna”, Laterza, Bari 1984
• “Architettura e paesaggio nello Yemen del Nord”, Laterza, Bari 1985
• "L'avventura del progetto", Laterza, Bari 1991
• “Architettura Ecosistemica”, Gangemi, Roma 1998
• “ Sergio Musmeci . Organicità di forme e forze nello spazio “, Testo & Immagine, Torino 1999
• " Claude Parent . La funzione obliqua “, Testo & Immagine, Torino 2003

Web links

Commons : Manfredi Nicoletti  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Manfredi Nicoletti. In: arch INFORM .
• Manfredi Nicoletti's website

Individual proof

1. ↑ Alessandra Lancia: Rieti, è morto l'architetto e saggista Manfredi Nicoletti . Il Messaggero , October 29, 2017, accessed October 30, 2017m (Italian).