Antonio Citterio

Antonio Citterio was born in Meda, Italy, in 1950. He took over a lot of design jobs, for companies like B&B Italia, Kartell and Vitra, that caused sensations.

Antonio Citterio graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic and opened his studio in 1972 where he started his architectural and interior design business. Between 1987 and 1996 he worked in association with Terry Dwan and, together, they created buildings in Europe and Japan. Among his most significant works: the restyling of a block in the historical centre of Seregno, Esprit headquarters in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Milan, industrial plants for Vitra, in Germany, and for Antonio Fusco, in Milan.

In 1999 “Antonio Citterio and Partners” was founded by Citterio and Patricia Viel, a multidisciplinary practice for architectural design, industrial design and graphics. The firm develops projects for residential complexes, apartment buildings, hotels, trade centres, industrial sites, restructuring of public buildings, planning of workspace, offices and showrooms; it is also operational in the field of corporate communication - implementing corporate image projects, fittings, graphics. From January 2007 the firm is UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 certified.

In the field of industrial design Antonio Citterio works for Italian and foreign companies such as Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, Aubrilam, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Fusital, Guzzini, Iittala, Inda, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec Group - Pozzi Ginori, Simon Urmet, Technogym, Tre Più, Vitra.

In 2000 the new headquarters opened in Milan, Via Cerva 4, and in May of that same year new offices were opened in Hamburg, 75b Wrangelstrasse. In 2002 the construction of the building where the headquarters of the Edel Company are located, along the Elba river, was completed as well as an office building in Neuerwall, two constructions for offices and textile manufacturing in Legnano and Lecco and the headquarters of the CR&S Centre completed with showroom and offices for B&B Italia in Novedrate.

Between 2003 and 2004, a corporate image project was implemented for De Beers (London and Tokyo) and, in May 2004, the Bulgari Hotel was inaugurated in Milan, the first of a chain of luxury hotels known as “Bulgari Hotels and Resorts”. In 2005 the restructuring of the historical Town Hall of Clusone, the project for the headquarters and nursery of the drug company GlaxoSmithKline in Verona, the project for a law firm in Sondrio, Italy were completed; added to this two projects for private house, one in Basel, Switzerland, the other in Sardinia, Italy and the jewellery De Beers in Los Angeles.

In 2004: project in cooperation with other architects to change the historical centre of Fiera Milano into a new urban centre; project for the building of the “Brooktorhafen” bridge in the new “Hafencity” district in Hamburg; project to enlarge a new multifunctional school building and a kindergarten for the Deutsche School in Milan. In the same year, together with other architects, he won the competition for the functional arrangement, street furniture and security systems of Molo Guardiano sud / Marina di Ravenna, which was presented on the occasion of the 9th International Exhibition of Architecture of the Biennale of Venice, section “Towns on Water”.

In the year 2004, publishing company Electa launched the monography “Antonio Citterio Industrial design”. In 2005, Antonio Citterio and Partners won the competition for the project of an hotel in the Hafencity district in Hamburg and received the 2nd prize at the international design competition for the hotel facilities in the new exhibition grounds of Rho-Pero. In the same year the Neumühlen project receives the 2nd prize from the Hamburg Architektur Preis and a special mention from the Deutscher Architektur Preis. Still in 2005, written by Luigi Prestinenza Pugliesi and published by Edilstampa, the monography “Antonio Citterio” has been issued. In the same year, he received 2nd prize at the design competition for Parco Levante Cesenatico and wins the international architectural competition for the renovation of the Ferrante Aporti building (former Italian post office) in Milan.

From 2006, Antonio Citterio is professor at the Accademia di Architettura dell’Università della Svizzera Italiana and from 2007 he is member of the Italian Design Council. In 2007 he received the “Royal Designer for Industry” award from the “Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce” in London.

Web-Site from Antonio Citterio: http://www.antoniocitterioandpartners.it

Antonio Citterio

Der gelernte Architekt und Designer Antonio Citterio wurde 1950 im italienischen Meda geboren. Er studierte in Mailand Architektur und gründete 1972 zusammen mit Paolo Nava ein gemeinsames Studio für Industriedesign.

Anfang der 1980er Jahre begann Antonio Citterio seine Karriere in den Bereichen Architektur und Einrichtungsdesign. In den Jahren zwischen 1987 und 1996 arbeitete Citterio vielfach mit Terry Dwan zusammen. Gemeinsam realisierten sie Architekturprojekte in Europa und Japan. Werke aus dieser Zeit sind der 1982 entworfene Showroom für B&B Italia in Mailand oder die Esprit-Filialen in Mailand, Amsterdam und Antwerpen (1985). 1987 erhielt Antonio Citterio seinen ersten Golden Zirkel (Compasso d´Oro), der zweite folgte 1995.

Im Jahr 1999 gründete Antonio Citterio gemeinsam mit Patricia Viel „Antonio Citterio and Partners“. Das Studio arbeitet multidisziplinär in den Bereichen Architektur, Industrie- und Grafikdesign.

Zwar ist Antonio Citterio gelernter Architekt, das Produktdesign war aber immer seine zweite Leidenschaft, mit der er gleichermaßen erfolgreich war. Zu seinen Partnern und Auftraggeber gehören große international bekannte Marken wie B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Fusital, Guzzini, Iittala, Inda, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec Group - Pozzi Ginori und Vitra. Zusammen mit Glen Oliver Löw entwickelte Citterio das Besteck Citterio 98 und die komplette Collective Tools Serie für Iittala. Die Serie wurde mit mehreren wichtigen Design-Preisen wie den Red Dot oder dem iF Design Award ausgezeichnet.

Im Mai 2000 eröffneten die neuen „Antonio Citterio and Partners“-Büros in Mailand und in Hamburg. Kurz darauf wurden zahlreiche architektonische Projekte umgesetzt. Von 2003 bis 2004 betreute „Citterio and Partners“ ein Corporate Image Projekt für De Beers, gefolgt von Restaurationen und anderen Architektur-Projekten in Italien, der Schweiz oder Japan.

Antonio Citterio und sein Büro nehmen an einer Vielzahl internationaler Wettbewerbe teil. So kommt es, dass der Name Citterio ebenso in der neuen Hamburger Hafencity, in der Deutschen Schule in Mailand, in Marina di Ravenna und an zahlreichen anderen Orten auf der Welt zu finden ist.

Seit 2006 ist Antonio Citterio mit der Lehre an der Accademia di Architettura dell’Università della Svizzera Italiana betraut und 2007 wurde er Mitglied im Italian Design Council. Im selben Jahr verlieh ihm die Londoner “Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce” die Auszeichnung “Royal Designer for Industry”.