Mario Bellini Mario Bellini is an Italian architect and designer. He graduated from the Milan Polytechnic - Faculty of Architecture in 1959 and began working as an architect himself in the early 1960s. He is the among others of 8 Compasso d’Oro and prestigious architecture awards including the Medaglia d’Oro conferred on him by the President of the Italian Republic . Like many other Italian architects, his activities range from architecture and urban planning to product and furniture design.Design His career as a product and furniture designer began in 1963, and from 1963 to 1991 he was chief design consultant for Olivetti . For many years he designed furnishing products and systems for B&B Italia and Cassina , TV sets for Brionvega , and hi-fi systems, headphones and electric organs for Yamaha. For five years he worked as an automobile design consultant with Renault. In 1972 he was commissioned to design and build the prototype of the Kar-a-Sutra mobile environment for the exhibition “Italy: the New Domestic Landscape” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York . He has also designed for Fiat and Lancia, lamps for Artemide , Erco and Flos, and office furniture for Vitra . Other firms for whom he has designed and/or continues to design products include Acerbis, Bras, Driade, Candy, Castilia, Flou , Kartell, Marcatrè, Meritalia, Natuzzi and Poltrona Frau ; Ideal Standard ; Lamy and Rosenthal ; Fuji and Zojirushi; and Heller. His early international success grew rapidly during the first two decades, especially in the design sector, and reached its peak in 1987 with a personal retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of New York . At the time the museum already included 25 of his works in its Permanent Collection, including a remarkable set of Olivetti machines as well as the furniture for B&B and Cassina - such as the famous "Cab" chair - and the innovative office chairs designed for Vitra. MBA's headquarters of 1,500 square metres in Milan were designed by Mario Bellini himself in the early 1990s, and today an average of 30 to 35 architects. In 1999, MBA obtained ISO 9001 quality certification.Architecture Since the ‘80s, he has been increasingly successful in the field of architecture in Europe, Japan, the United States, Australia and the Arab Emirates.Projects built Milan Convention Centre, Europe’s largest convention centre, 2008-2012 Museum of Islamic Arts at Louvre Museum, Paris , 2005-2012 Museum of the City of Bologna, Italy, 2004-2012 Urban redevelopment “Verona Forum”, Verona, Italy, 2004–2011 Radical refurbishment of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, 2007–2011 National Gallery of Victoria extension and redevelopment, Melbourne, Australia, 1996–2003 Essen International Fair Extension, Germany, 1998–2001 Natuzzi Americas Headquarters, High Point, North Carolina , USA, 1996–1998 Arsoa Co./Cosmetics- Headquarters, Yamanashi, Japan, 1996–1998 New fair district of the Milan Trade Fair, 1987–1997 Risonare Vivre Club Complex, Kobuchizawa, Japan, 1989–1992 Tokyo Design Center, Tokyo, Japan, 1988–1992 Yokohama Business Park, Yokohama, Japan, 1987–1991 Villa Erba Exhibition and Congress Centre, Cernobbio, 1986–1990 Thermoelectric power plant of Cassano d’Adda-Office building, 1985–1990 Projects under construction Architectural project of a large Scientific-Technological Park at Erzelli Hill, Genoa, Italy, 2005 Extension and redevelopment of the Pinacoteca di Brera Milan, 2009 New Cultural Centre of Turin, 2001 Among the best architectural creations New Museum of the city of Berlin, Germany , 2008 Sheikh Zayed National Museum International Competition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2007 European Patent Office , L’Aja, Holland, 2004 Cittanova 2000, Modena, Italy, 2003 Redevelopment of the City Centre of Tian Jin, China, 2003 Banca CR Firenze-New H.Q., Italy, 2003 New International Trade Fair of Milan – Rho/Pero, Milan, 2002 Multifunctional Complex “MAB. Zeil Project”, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002 Stolitza Towers, Moscow, 1996 Dubai Creek Complex, Dubai, United Arab Emirates , 1994 Goshikidai Marine Resort, Japan, 1993Exhibitions Avid art lover and collector, he has been responsible for the exhibition design of many art exhibitions, among which:"The Treasure of St. Marco in Venice", Grand Palais, Paris, and the major museums around the world , 1984–87 "Italian Art in the 20th Century", Royal Academy of Arts, London , 1989 "The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo. The Representation of Architecture", Palazzo Grassi , Venice, then in Paris and Berlin, 1994–95 "The Triumphs of Baroque. Architecture in Europe 1600-1750", Stupinigi Hunting Palace, Turin, 1999 "Christopher Dresser. A designer at the Court of Queen Victoria", Triennale, Milan, 2001 “Annisettanta. Il decennio lungo del secolo breve”, Triennale, 2007–2008 “Magnificenza e Progetto” Palazzo Reale, Milan , 2008–2009Major personal exhibitions In 1987, the Museum of Modern Art in New York organised the exhibition “Mario Bellini: designer”, the first great retrospective on a living artist In 1996, the Royal Institute of British Architects held an exhibition of Bellini’s work as an architect In 2000, the Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art of Trento, Italy held a personal show “Mario Bellini: a path between architecture, furniture and cars” In December 2003, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne reopened with a major exhibition on his work.
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