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Andrea Branzi

Italian architect and designer (1938–2023)

Andrea Branzi (30 November 1938 – 9 October 2023) was an Italian architect, designer, and academic. He was born and raised in Florence, though he lived and worked in Milan for much of his career.²

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Born Nov 30, 1938, died Oct 9, 2023.¹

About

He was a professor and chairman of the School of Interior Design at the Polytechnic University of Milan until 2009.

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Companies

ArchizoomFounder¹⁴

Career

Occupation: architect, university teacher, designer, writer, urban planner.⁶

Date not recordedWorked at Cor Unum^{3 4}
Date not recordedWorked at Polytechnic University of Milan³
Date not recordedFounded Archizoom⁵

Branzi studied as an architect at the Florence School of Architecture. He received his degree in 1966, then founded Archizoom Associati with Gilberto Corretti, Paolo Deganello, Massimo Morozzi in 1966 in Florence where they developed the No-Stop City. In 1976, he established Studio Alchimia and in the 1980s began to associate with the Memphis Group.

Branzi also served as the cultural director of Domus Academy, Italy’s first postgraduate design school, founded in 1982, for its first ten years. His design works are included in permanent collections of museums such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, and the ADI Design Museum in Milan.

Branzi died on 9 October 2023, at the age of 84.

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Personal life

BornNov 30, 1938, Florence^{7 8}
DiedOct 9, 2023, Milan^{8 9}
CitizenshipKingdom of Italy, Italy¹⁰

Awards

2018Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts¹¹
2008Honorary Royal Designer for Industry^{11 12}
1995Compasso d'Oro¹¹
1987Compasso d'Oro¹¹

Sources

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WikidataAndrea Branzi on Wikidata
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WikipediaAndrea Branzi on Wikipedia
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WikidataAndrea Branzi: Founded Archizoom, on Wikidata
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WikidataAndrea Branzi: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataAndrea Branzi: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataAndrea Branzi: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataAndrea Branzi: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataAndrea Branzi: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataAndrea Branzi: Official website, on Wikidata
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WikidataArchizoom, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsAndrea Branzi photo by EdoM, CC BY-SA 3.0