Paolo Portoghesi
Olivari Designers
Rome, 1931-2023
After graduating in Rome in 1957, Portoghesi becomes one of the first architects to pit himself against functional rationalism both with his studies on Guarino Guarini and Francesco Borromini, and the surprising Casa Baldi in Rome (1959) where he unites the Avant-Garde and Baroque.
— New Church, Calcata 2009
His Rome Mosque(1975-1993) is the high point of his research. He is the curator of the First Venice Architecture Biennial, (1980) and director of the Strada Novissima installation. Portoghesi is one of the key characters in the post modern movement.
— Tea&Coffee Piazza, Alessi 1979-1983
— Silver cutlery, Cleto Munari 1984
— Great Mosque of Rome, 1974