Massimiliano Fuksas
Massimiliano Fuksas, of Lithuanian descent, was born in Rome in 1944 and graduated from La Sapienza University, Department of Architecture in 1969.
He established his studio in Rome in 1967, in Paris in 1989 and in Shenzhen, China in 2008.
Massimiliano Fuksas has been a major player in the contemporary architecture scene since the 1980s. He has held visiting professorships at numerous universities, including the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris, the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna, the Staadtliche Akademia des Bildenden Kunste in Stuttgart, and Columbia University in New York. He was the director of the 7th International Architecture Exhibition held in Venice in 2000: 'Less Aesthetics, More Ethics'. Since 2000, he has been writing the architecture column of the Italian weekly L'Espresso, founded by Bruno Zevi.
Doriana Fuksas
Doriana O. Mandrelli in Fuksas was born in Rome. He graduated from La Sapienza University in the History of Modern and Contemporary Architecture in 1979 and later graduated from ESA in Paris, Department of Architecture. He carried out teaching activities at Rome La Sapienza Art Faculty, Art History Department and Industrial Design Department ITACA. He curated four 'Special Projects' for the 7th International Architecture Exhibition titled 'Less Aesthetics, More Ethics' held in Venice in 2000: Jean Prouvé, Jean Maneval, Pavilion for Peace and Spatial Architecture and the section devoted to contemporary art. He has been working with Massimiliano Fuksas since 1985 and has been responsible for Fuksas Design since 1997.
