{"id":641,"date":"2023-10-10T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smalldivine.com\/?p=641"},"modified":"2023-10-11T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:44:27","slug":"giant-of-radical-thinking-andrea-branzi-dies-aged-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/smalldivine.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/giant-of-radical-thinking-andrea-branzi-dies-aged-84\/","title":{"rendered":"“Giant of radical thinking” Andrea Branzi dies aged 84"},"content":{"rendered":"
Italian architect and designer Andrea Branzi<\/a>, who was one of the founders of influential studio Archizoom Associati and the Domus Academy, has died<\/a> aged 84.<\/span><\/p>\n Over a six-decade career, Branzi created numerous avant-garde designs along with his work as an educator, first at the Domus Academy and then at the School of Interior Design at the Polytechnic University of Milan.<\/p>\n In 2022 he won the Italian Architecture Prize’s lifetime achievement award, having also won several awards throughout his career including three Compasso d’Oro in 1979, 1987 and 1995.<\/p>\n His death was marked by Italian architect and president of the Triennale Milano Stefano Boeri, who called the architect “a visionary artist”.<\/p>\n