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Paolo Rizzatto

Paolo Rizzatto was born in Milan in 1941. He graduated in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano in 1965.
She works in her studio as freelancer in the field of architecture, design and interior design, developing her experience as interior lighting designer.
In 1978 he founded Luceplan with Riccardo Sarfatti.
In Architecture, his projects include:
The Daycare Center of Segrate (Milan), 1972, A holiday home in Formentera (Balearic Islands - Spain), 1973,
A residential district in Feltre (Belluno), 1974, A suburban building in Bazzano (Bologna), 1976, Family houses in Montesiro (Milan), 1985, An elderly hospitalization in Galliate (Novara), 1986, Luceplan's factory and headquarters in Milan, 1997.
He designed for Arteluce, Artemide, Luceplan, Alias, Cassina, Nemo, Molteni, Knoll, Kartell, Philips, Montina, Thonet, Mandarin Duck, Guzzini, Lensvelt.
He was a professor at numerous universities: Abruzzo University of Pescara, Columbia University of New York, Politecnico di Milano, Detroit's Cranbrook Center, Washington University of Saint Louis, Moscow Architecture Institute, Architects Association of St. Petersburg.
His works have been published in magazines, catalogs and books in Italy and abroad.
His projects have been presented at Seminars or Exhibitions of Architecture and Design and are exhibited at the permanent collections of numerous Foundations and Museums: Architectural Associations of London, Triennale of Milan, New York's Wave Hill Museum Center, New Museum of Modern Art York, Victoria and Albert Museum of London, Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, Rooms with view to "" Living in Verona "," Creativitalia "in Tokyo," Halogen-20 Jahre neues Licht " Durangewandte Kunst Museum in Cologne, "" Capitales Européennes du nouveau design "" Paris Center Pompidou, "" Techniques Discrètes "" Musée des Arts Décoratifs at the Louvre in Paris, "" Mutants Materials "" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
He has won many awards including:
Three times the "Gold Compass" Award "" in 1981,1989, 1995, The Lampe d'Argent Sil / Paris 1988, Forum Design Cosmit / Milano 1988, The Lampe d'Or Sil / Paris 1990, Design Plus Environment / Frankfurt 1992,
Product Award Lighting Fair / New York 1992,
Red Dot Award Design Innovations'94 / Essen 1994,
European Community Design Prize / Amsterdam 1994,
Industrie Forum Design Prize / Hannover 1996, Swiatlo'99 / Warsaw 1999, "" Good Design "" Who Award. "