Born 1936, is a Finnish architect, educator and writer who has worked, taught and lectured in several countries since the 1960’s. His design works extends from town planning and architecture to exhibition, product and graphic design and artistic work. His interests as a writer range from architectural theory to anthropology, cultural philosophy to animal architecture, and art criticism to cinematic expression. His work and writings have been published widely in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.

Books by Juhani Pallasmaa include:

Animales arquitectos: el funcionalismo ecológico de las construcciones animales(Lanzarote 2001); The Architecture of Image: Existential Space in Cinema(Helsinki 2001); Alvar Aalto – Villa Mairea 1938-39 (Hesinki 1998); The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses (London 1996); The Melnikov House (London 1996); Animal Architecture (Helsinki 1995) and; Language of Wood (Helsinki 1987).

Juhani Pallasmaa’s awards include:

Finland State Award 2000; The UIA Jean Tschumi Prize for Architectural Criticism 1999; Fritz Schumacher Prize for Architecture, Germany 1997; Russian Federation Architecture Award 1996; Helsinki City Culture Award 1993 and Finnish State Award for Architecture 1992.

1887 – Born 6 October at La Chaux-de-Fonds.

1923 – Builds the little house “Le Lac” at Corseaux on Lake Geneva for his parents.

1925 – Builds Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau (Paris) and the Pessac housing estate near Bordeaux.

1928 – Founder member of CIAM (Congrés Internationaux d’architecture moderne) at the castle of La Sarraz, in Switzerland.

1929 – Works on the Villa Savoye (Poissy), the Mundaneum and urbanism in South America.

1930 – Works on urban designs for Algiers and studies for “Ville Radieuse”.

1943 – Publishes the Charte d’Athènes (Athens Charter).

1944 – Works on the Unités d’Habitation, Marseilles.

1948 – Works on La Sainte-Baume Project.

1950 – Starts working on the Chapel at Ronchamp. Publishes Modulor I and L’Unité d’Habitation de Marseille.

1953 – Builds Dominican Monastery at Sainte Marie de la Tourette (Eveux).

1965 – On 27 August Le Corbusier dies while swimming at Cap-Martin, France.

Born 1903, was a German-born Peruvian Mathematics, Geologist and Pedagogue who went to Peru in 1932 to work as a teacher in the house of the German consul in Cuzco. After two years in Cuzco she moved to Lima, where she met the American specialist for ancient irrigation systems – Dr. Paul Kosok.

In December 1941 Maria travelled the first time to Nazca. Dr. Kosok had asked her to take a look at the strange, dead straight depressions in the desert, which look like lines. At first he thought these were irrigation ditches, but then he suspected that it is an astronomical calendar installation.

She started her research work in the desert of Nazca in 1946. In the first days of June 1946 she found a stylized drawing of a spider between the lines. Little by little she discovered more and more of the geoglyphs, but at the beginning it was not her main task. With measuring tape, sextant and compass, later also with a theodolite she measured almost 1000 lines and investigated them for their astronomical orientation.

She investigated the Nazca drawings for more than 40 years.

From 1955 she fought in many ways for the protection of the Nazca Lines. Forty years after in 1995 the Nazca Lines were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Maria Reiche died on June 8, 1998 and was buried near Nazca with official honors.

Born in Bilbao in 1944. Architect graduated at ETSAM in 1972. Until 1979,  collaborated with Alejandro de la Sota.

He was professor at ETSAM from 1996 to 2009, and visiting professor at other architecture schools.

His work has been subject of various exhibitions and publications in different countries, and obtained different awards and distinctions, among which should be highlighted:

1987: The Architecture Prize of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM) for the City Council of Valdelaguna.

1991: The García Mercadal Prize of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Aragón (COAA) for the Zaragoza Library.

1994: The European Community “Europa Nostra” Medal and Diploma for the Restoration of the Palacio de Linares in Madrid.

1994: The European Community “Europa Nostra” Medal and Diploma for the Restoration of the Casa de las Conchas of Salamanca.

1996: The IberFAD “Alejandro de la Sota” Prize for the Ciempozuelos House of Culture (Madrid).

In 2008 Arquia published his “commonplace book”, Idas y vueltas.

1924 – was born on January 10 in San Sebastián.

1943 – Starts studying architecture in Madrid.

1947 – He abandons his studies and start drawing at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.

1951 – He returned to Euskadi, where he made his first iron work, Ilarik.

1954 – Make the four doors for the Aranzazu Basilica.

1958 – Receives the International Grand Prize for Sculpture at the 29^thVenice Biennale.

1974 – The steel sculpture Estela a Pablo Neruda [Stele for Pablo Neruda] is placed in Tehran.

1977 – Begins the installation of Peine del viento  XV [Comb of the Wind XV] in San Sebastián.

1992 – The Monumento a la tolerancia [Monument to Tolerance] is inaugurated at the Muelle de la Sal in Seville.

2000 – Inauguration of the Chillida Leku museum in Hernani.

2002 – He died on August 19 in San Sebastián.

Born in Rio de Janeiro on October 19th, 1913.

He was a Brazilian poet and lyricist whose bestknown song was A Garota de Ipanema [The Girl from Ipanema], which he co-wrote with the composer Antônio Carlos Jobim.

Author of numerous volumes of lyrical poetry, Moraes began his literary career as an adherent of the Brazilian Modernism in vogue around 1930. A period of studying English literature at the University of Oxford and residence in the United States as vice-consul of Brazil in Los Angeles (1947-50) broadened the scope of his verse, which was further enriched by his interest in theatre and the film industry. The result was a gradual movement away from poetic experimentation and toward an increasingly prosaic treatment of everyday themes with the sensuous lyricism that became his hallmark.

In the 1950s Moraes joined with younger musicians in forming the bossa nova style, incorporating elements of Brazilian samba and international jazz. His later years involved intense musical collaboration and a prolific outpouring of popular song lyrics. His theatrical libretto Orfeu da Conceição (1956) formed the basis of the prizewinning film Orfeu Negro [Black Orpheus] 1958.

He died in Rio de Janeiro on July 9th, 1980.

1908 – Born in Orio, Gipuzkoa.

1935 – He moves to South America, where he will develop extensive artistic work.

1938 – Ceramic teacher in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Popayán (Colombia).

1950 – He undertakes the creation of the sculpture for the Arantzazu Basilica.

1957 – Grand Prize for Sculpture at the IV Bienal de São Paulo (Brazil).

1959 – Memorial Aita Donostia, Agiña, (Navarra).

1985 – Gold Medal for Fine Arts, awarded by the Ministry of Culture.

1988 – Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts.

1992 – He donates all his work to Navarra for the creation of the Foundation Museum of Jorge Oteiza in Alzuza.

1996 – Receives the Pevsner Award (Paris) as recognition for all his work.

1998 – Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of the Basque Country.

2003 – He died on April 9 in San Sebastián. Inauguration of the Oteiza Museum, designed by F. J. Sáenz de Oiza.

Born in Burgos, (1981) Architect (2006) and PhD Architect (2013) by the School of Architecture of Valladolid. Assistant Professor of Architectural Projects since 2014 at the same school.

He has published articles on finnish architecture in renowned media such as VLC, ZARCH or PPA, and been invited to take part in International Conferences like the 1st International Congress “Mizuiro” (2011) or the International Congress: Aalto beyond Finland (2014).

He has also enjoyed two UVa Research Scholarships, a F.P.U. Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture, one Scholarship by Caja de Arquitectos Foundation and one more of the Research Program Jóvenes Excelentes by Caja de Burgos Foundation. He is a member of the Recognized Research Group GIRDAC at the University of Valladolid.

His academic and research works are combined with his professional activity as a Founding Partner of Oaestudio, an architecture and interior design office. Architectural design of residential, educational, retail and hostelry environments, together with a wide production of ephemeral and experimental spaces, are the main focus of his studio’s activity.

Born on June 6, 1930 in Saarijärvi, Finland, is one of Finland’s most important Modernist sculptors, grew up in an artistic family: two of his brothers, Marko and Harri, became well-known authors. Kain worked as a builder and forest worker before studying sculpture at the School of Art and Design in Helsinki between 1952-54 and then at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1955. For some years, he also worked as an assistant with Aimo Tukiainen.

His pieces loom like menhirs, their massiveness imposing an inhuman scale. His work is characterized by geological and archaeological metaphors, often expressed as standing reliefs in stone and wood ornamented by chisel marks, employing both visual and tactile stimuli. Tapper combined nature and natural phenomena, folklore and modernism, epitomising the Informalist style in Finnish sculpture. His works draw heavily from organic natural forms of nature, especially the lake and river landscapes of his native Saarijärvi, and often include animal motifs.

Tapper represented Finland at several significant international exhibitions of Finnish art. He was awarded the 1976 Pro Finland Medal, 1981 Artist of the Year, 1985 State Art Award and was a Member of the Royal Academy of Sweden.

He died on August 17^thof 2004 in Helsinki, Finland.

Born in Mendrisio, Ti Ch 1964.

After the classical school, she studies at CSIA, the  scholastic center of the artistic industry.

Follows the lessons of Massimo Cavalli and Max Huber, between graphics and applied arts. With a scholarship, she graduated in painting in 1988 at the Accademia de Belle Arti di Roma, where she attends the courses of E. Brunori and G. Strazza.

She is a painter, engraver, ceramist. Is part of regular exhibitions in Italy, in France, in Switzerland, whether in solo or in group exhibitions.

Returns to Ticino in 2000. Opens the Galleria Pangeart (2002-2006) in Bellinzona.

In 2006 she started the Pangeart School of Applied Arts in Camorino.

In 2007 the Pangeart Project joins AR Officina d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan.

The Pangeart Editions are born in collaboration with artists and poets.

In 2009 she founded the ramo radice edition with M.R.Valentini. 

In 2015 she opened the areapangeart cultural center with her partner Gabriele Donadini, with international exhibitions and meetings of poetry, literature, music and cinema:

 www.areapangeart.ch

Born in Vitória (Espírito Santo) in 1938. Architect graduated at FAU Mackenzie in 1954. Open his office in São Paulo in 1955. He was professor at FAUUSP from 1960 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1998.

He had an extensive work that has become notable since 1957, with the construction of the Gymnasium in the Club Athletico Paulistano, in São Paulo, his first reference work, a project with which he won the Presidency of the Republic Grand Prix in VI Bienal de São Paulo.

Among his main projects are:

The Official Brazilian Pavilion at Expo 70, in Japan 1969; the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture and Ecology, São Paulo 1987; the Museum of Contemporary Art of Campinas 1989; the Gerassi House 1990; the coverage of the Prestes Maia Gallery, in Praça do Patriarca 2002; the Museum of the Portuguese Language 2006 and the architectural set designed for Cais das Artes, composed by a Museum and a Theatre, Vitória 2010.

Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s awards include:

Mies Van der Rohe Prize for Latin America Architecture 2000; Pritzker Prize 2006;  Golden Lion for career at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016; Praemium Imperiale Arts Prize from the Japan Art Association 2016 and the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture by the Royal Institute of British Architects 2017.

He died on 23^th May of 2021 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Born in 1943, was a Finnish-born Norwegian Sami multimedia artist. He was born to a family of traditional reindeer herders, but was trained as a teacher. He chose teachers’ college because it was an education that trained him in a number of areas he was interested in, among others literature and music.

Regarding to the music work, Valkeapää became a revitalizer of Sámi culture and above all of Sámi music. In particular he created a new interest in Sámi yoik at a time when it was in danger of dying out.

Musics by Valkeapää includes:

Vuoi, Biret-Máret, vuoi! / Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1974; Ádjajohka, silbačuojan / Seppo Paakkunainen 1990; Alit idja lahkona / Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992.

Books by Valkeapää includes:

Beaivi, áhčážan 1981 [The Sun, My Father], awarded with the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize 1991; Ruoktu Vaimmus 1985 [Trekways of the Wind], nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize in 1988; Nu guhkkin dat mii lahka – Så fjernt det nære 1994; Ritnoaivi ja nieguid oaidni – The Frost-haired and the Dream-seer 1995; jus gazzebiehtár bohkosivččii 1996; Eanni, eannážan 2001 [The Earth, My Mother].

He died on 26^th November of 2001 in Espoo, Finland.

Born 1936, is an Italian artist and educator who has worked and taught in several countries since the 1960’s. Her graphic production extends from drawings (ink, coloured pencil, pastels and watercolours), engravings (aquatint, burin and punch), oil paintings and art books. In the 1970’s she taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in L’Aquila. From 2003 to 2009 she lived in Syria where she taught at the Private University of Science and Arts in Aleppo.

Solo exhibitions by Giulia Napoleone include (selection):

Italy – Florence: Galleria Numero (1963); Galleria Menghelli (1974), Galleria Il Ponte (1996, 2002, 2020). Rome: Galleria dell’Obelisco (1973); Galleria Il Segno (1980), Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica (1997, 2007); Calcografia Nazionale (2017). Switzerland: Museo Villa dei Cedri in Bellinzona (2007, 2009, 2015); Galleria Stellanove in Mendrisio (2011, 2014); Areapangeart in Camorino (2017).

In 2001, following a donation from the artist, the Fondo Giulia Napoleone was set up at the Museo Villa del Cedri in Bellinzona. This would be followed in 2010 by another donation to the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi in Florence.

She has received numerous awards during her career and has been a National Academic at San Luca since 2007.

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.

Professor Aimo Kanerva was born in 1909 in Lahti. He studied art in Helsinki in the years 1931-1934 at the Central School of Industrial Arts and between 1934-35 and 1937 at the Finnish Art Society art school. He put his works on exhibition for the first time in 1933 and his artistic “break- through” occurred in the middle of the 1940s when he was a staunch member of the expressionistic October Group.

The oeuvre of Aimo Kanerva was shown in almost all Finland and after the Second World War have been often on view outside the borders of Finland, first in the Scandinavian countries and later also in Central Europe, the Soviet Union and China.

Aimo Kanerva’s awards and Honors include:

1st Prize, competition for young artists, 1946; 3rd Prize, State art competition, 1946; Prize at the Fine Arts Academy of Finland’s triennial exhibition, 1956, 1969 and 1962; Helsinki Prize, 1965; Kalevala Society, award of merit, 1971 and 1989; Cultural Workers’ Union, award of merit, 1974; Finnish Cultural Fund, award of merit, 1978; State prize for visual art, 1982.

Pro Finlandia 1958; Order of the White Rose of Finland, 1st class, 1963; Order of the White Rose of Finland, Commander, 1983; Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, 1984; Honorary professor, 1969.

He died in Helsinki on December 16th, 1991.