Andrea Bruno
Andrea Bruno (born 11 January 1931 in Turin) is an Italian architect who specializes in presevering and conserving historic sites and museums.
Biography
Bruno completed his studies at the Architectural Faculty of the Istituto tecnico in Turin in 1956. He specialized in the field of architectural conservation of historic buildings, museums and public sites. Among the projects led by Bruno are the Castle of Rivoli,[1] Bagrati Cathedral, the Museum of Modern Art in Rivoli, the Faculty of Economics at the University of Turin, the Brigittines Theatre in Belgium and Château de Lichtenberg in France.
Bruno has been a consultant for UNESCO since 1974 in several missions in the Middle East and in Europe.[2]
Between 1976 and 1990, Bruno was a professor at the Faculty of Architecture in the Polytechnic University in Turin. Between 1991 and 2000, he was a professor at the Faculty of Architecture in the Polytechnic University in Milan. Between 1997 and 2010, Bruno was the president of the International Preservation Center in the Leuven University in Belgium.
Bruno has also been an official in many international architecture competitions.
In 2016, Bruno was chosen to lead a major preservation project in Tel Aviv, 1909TLV.
Studio Bruno is located in Turin in a unique three stories open space building.
Honours and awards
- The IN/ARCH prize for the conservation of the Castle of Rivoli (1991).
- Prize from the Istituto Italiano del Rame (first place) on his work of the Màa museum in Cyprus (1995).
- The EUROPA NOSTRA prize for his work on the Roman square in Spain (1995).
- The Manica Lunga prize for the work on the Castle of Rivoli (2004).
- An honorary medal from the Preservation Academy in Paris, (2007).
- The Concours Construction Acier award for his work on the the Brigittines Theatre (2008).
- An international gold medal for his work on the Bagrati Cathedral in Georgia (2012).
- A presidential excellence award by the Georgian republic (2013).
- An official title by the Ordine della Stella d’Italia (2013).
- An honorary title from the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) in Paris (2016).
Exhibitions
- Architetture nel tempo, Castello Cinquecentesco, Italy (2003).
- Fare, disfare, rifare architettura, Venice, Italy (2014).
- Designing the existent – from the Castle of Rivoli to the Bagarati Cathedral (2015).
Publications
- The citadel and the minarets of Herat, Afghanistan, Torino, Sirea, 1976.
- Il castello di Rivoli. 1734-1984, storia di un recupero, Torino, U. Allemandi, 1984.
- Architetture tra conservazione e riuso. Progetti e realizzazioni di Andrea Bruno a Torino, Milano, Lybra immagine, 1996.
- Il Castello di Grinzane Cavour. Un'architettura fortificata tra le vigne di Langa, (with Luigi Cabutto and Giulio Parusso), Alba, Ordine dei cavalieri del tartufo e dei vini di Alba, 2000.
- Museo della Lambretta. Storia e memoria, territorio e paesaggio, Soveria Mannelli, Calabria Letteraria, 2007.
References
External links
- Derek Linsrum, "An interview with Andrea Bruno", icomos.org, retrieved 30 November 2016.