ANTONIO CITTERIO
(Meda, 1950)
He was born in Meda (italy) in 1950.
He graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic and
opened his studio in 1972 mainly focusing on industrial
design.
He currently works for Italian and foreign companies such
as Albatros-Sanitec Group, B&B Italia, Guzzini,
Kartell, Pozzi Ginori-Sanitec Group and Vitra.
In 1981 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 we can find Esprit
headquarters in Amsterdam, Antwerp in Milan, industrial
plants for Vitra (Germany) and for Antonio Fusco (Milan).
In 1999 "Antonio Citterio and Partners" was founded by
Citterio and Patricia Viel, a multidisciplinary studio for
architectural design, industrial design and graphics.
In 2000 the new headquarters opened in Milan and in the
same year new offices were opened in Hamburg.
He projected Resorts, hotels and private houses.
From 1999 to 2002 and in 2005 Antonio Citterio taught at
the Academy of Architecture of the University of Mendrisio
Italian Switzerland at Domus Academy of Milan from 1990 until 1992 and at La Sapienza University of Rome in 1997. He has been the external examiner for the Furniture Design Course of Royal College of London from 1993 until 1995.
One of the acknowledgements obtained
was the Compasso d'Oro in 1987 and 1995.
The products "Mobil" and "Battista" designed for Kartell
are exhibited in the design permanent collection of the
Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Mobil", "Battista",
"Dolly", "Gastone" and "Oxo" are exhibited in the permanent
collection of the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
He took part in a great number of international
competitions and in 2004 together with other designers, he
won the competition for new ideas 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 2005 he has been invited to participate to the
competition "A bench for Milan"; he won the competition for
the hotel for the Hafencity requalification project in
Hamburg; he has been selected to take part in the
competition for the new hotel building for the new fair
complex Rho-Pero as well as in the competition for the
re-qualification of the lake of Como waterfront in Lezzeno.
Citterio currently lives and works in Milan.
