Claudio Silvestrin
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Claudio Silvestrin is an Italian architect and designer, and a British citizen.
He was educated in Milan, under the guidance of A. G. Fronzoni, before moving to the Architectural Association in London
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From 1986 to 1988, Silvestrin worked in partnership with John Pawson at their London studio Pawson Silvestrin Architects. In 1989 he established Claudio Silvestrin Architects, with offices in London and, from 2006, in Milan.
Considered to be one of the masters of contemporary minimalism, Silvestrin is admired by international architects and designers, such as Giorgio Armani and Terence Conran. He is known for the serene spaces and simple, essential forms of his architecture and interior design.
He was educated in Milan, under the guidance of A. G. Fronzoni, before moving to the Architectural Association in London
London
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From 1986 to 1988, Silvestrin worked in partnership with John Pawson at their London studio Pawson Silvestrin Architects. In 1989 he established Claudio Silvestrin Architects, with offices in London and, from 2006, in Milan.
Considered to be one of the masters of contemporary minimalism, Silvestrin is admired by international architects and designers, such as Giorgio Armani and Terence Conran. He is known for the serene spaces and simple, essential forms of his architecture and interior design.
Relevant projects
- Villa Neuendorf, Majorca, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
1991 - Giorgio ArmaniGiorgio ArmaniGiorgio Armani is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy, with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion and a...
stores, worldwide from 1999 to 2007 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, TurinTurinTurin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, Italy 2002 - Donnelly gallery - residence, Irish Coast 2002
- Victoria Miro Private Collection Space, London, UK 2006
Relevant awards
- 2003 Artib Award
- 2003 Contract World Award
- 2003 Medaglia D’oro per l’Architettura Italiana alla Triennale di Milano
- 2005 International Award Architecture in Stone
- 2005 Travel+Leisure Magazine Design Awards
- 2005 Wallpaper Magazine Design Awards
- 2008 Best Communicator Award at Marmomacc
- 2008 Archip - Domus (Russia) magazine award
- 2009 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Award
Books
- F. Bertoni, Claudio Silvestrin, Birkhäuser 1999 (ISBN 88-8030-188-8 -ITA / ISBN 3-7643-6105-0 ENG)
- Sacred Spirit in Interni magazine (Italy) n. 567, Dic. 2006
- Claudio Silvestrin progetti e scritti, Eye Claudio, Viabizzuno edizioni 2008
- F. Bertoni, Claudio Silvestrin - The non-materiality of the material, Ed. Umberto Allemandi (due 2010)