Paolo Piva

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Paolo Piva (13 March 1950 − 6 July 2017) was an Italian architect and designer.

Biography

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Paolo Piva was born on 13 March 1950, in Adria in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. He studied architecture under Prof. Carlo Scarpa in Venice.[1]

He worked as an architect and created designs for renowned furniture companies, such as Poliform/Varenna, De Sede, B&B Italia and Wittmann Austria.

Since 1988, Piva was Professor for Industrial Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He worked and lived in Venice and Vienna and Biella, Piedmont.[2][3]

Piva died on 6 July 2017 in Vienna.[2]

Publications

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  • "I secoli di Polirone. Committenza e produzione artistica di un monastero benedettino", Senza editore 1981 (it)
  • "Paolo Piva. Design und Architektur", Residenz 1997, ISBN 978-3701707003 (en)
  • "Architektur & Design", Residenz 1999, ISBN 978-3701711376 (en)
  • "ID 1 - Industrial Design", Jung und Jung, 2011, ISBN 978-3902497956 (de)
  • "Houses & Homes", Jung und Jung, 2013, ISBN 978-3990270370 (en)
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References

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  1. ^ "Paolo Piva". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 2016-07-10. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  2. ^ a b Wojciech Czaja: „Architekt und Designer Paolo Piva verstorben“, Der Standard, 7 July 2017 (german)
  3. ^ „Scompare Paolo Piva. Il ricordo di Giorgio Busnelli“, La Repubblica, 7. July 2017 (italian)