Massimiliano Fuksas, Dipl. Arch.
Native of Lituania, Massimiliano Fuksas was born in Rome in 1944, where he graduated in Architecture at “La Sapienza” University in 1969.
In 1967 he created his own studio in Rome, followed by a second one in Paris in 1989.
He opened an office in Vienna in 1993, and in Frankfurt in 2002, active until 2001 and 2009.
From 2008 he has an office also in Shenzhen, China.
From 1998 to 2000 he was Director of the VII Biennial of Architecture in Venice “Less Aesthetics, More Ethics”.
Since 2000 is the author of the architectural column founded by Bruno Zevi in the weekly magazine “L’Espresso”.
In 1999 he received the Grand Prix d’Architecture Française.
In 2000 was awarded “Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française”.
In 2002 was awarded Honorary Fellowship AIA -American Institute of Architects-.
Since 2006 he is an honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the same year he received the Award of Excellence for the New Trade Fair, Rho-Pero, Milan, Italy, from ULI-Urban Land Institute, Washington DC, USA.
He was Visiting Professor at several universities, such as the École Speciale d’Architecture in Paris, the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna, the Staadtliche Akademia des Bildenden Kunste in Stoccarda, and the Columbia University in New York.
For many years he has been devoting special attentions into urban problems in large metropolitan areas.