Born 1951, is an Italian architect, educator and writer who has worked, taught and lectured in several countries since the 1980’s. He has collaborated for over a decade, between the ’80s and ’90s, with Peter Eisenman in New York. Full professor in Architectural and Urban Composition at IUAV University in Venice since 1998, he has taught at Harvard, Cairo, La Plata and Auckland. He exhibited his works at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 1984, 1985,1996, 2002, 2010. Since 2009 he has been director of the series “Aesthetics and Architecture” for Mimesis Edizioni.
Books by Renato Rizzi include:
Solemnidad de la Civilidad, vol. I, with A. Tagliapietra, Ed. Mimesis, 2020, Milan; John Hejduk. Bronx. Manuale in versi, with S. Pisciella, Ed. Mimesis, 2020, Milan; Eppure, Ed. Mimesis, 2021, Milan; Il Daìmon di Architettura, vol. I, II, III, with S. Pisciella and A. Rossetto, Ed. Mimesis, 2014, Milan.
Renato Rizzi’s awards include:
In/Arch national prize 1992; Gold Medal for Italian Architecture at the Milan Triennale 2009; Award of the Council of Europe for Landscape, 2009; Compasso d’oro, Milan, 2011, 2015; Gold Medal of Italian Architecture 2009, 2015; Iconic Award, Munich D.B, 2015; Architizer A, Belgium, 2016; Fritz Höger, Berlin, 2017; Prize of the President of the Italian Republic for Architecture 2019.
