2024-12-22T04:17:19-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150271926/umberto-riva-has-passed-away-in-italy-at-age-93 Josh Niland 2021-07-01T12:48:00-04:00 >2021-07-02T16:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7c/7c28f0f4e28bfd1407e4973e10e0820a.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Multiple news outlets are reporting that Umberto Riva has died in Italy at the age of 93.</p> <p>The Italian architect was referred to as a <a href="https://pinupmagazine.org/articles/interview-italian-architect-umberto-riva-by-hans-ulrich-obrist-pinup-26" target="_blank">maestro</a> by his contemporaries who reacted to news of the passing of the architect and painter last week in Palermo.</p> <p></p> <p>Born to a Milanese family in 1928, Riva studied in Venice before eventually obtaining an apprenticeship in the office of Carlo Scarpa. Major works included the redevelopment of Piazza San Nazaro and the Biblioteca Europea, both in Milan; power plants in Campobasso and Termoli; a restored caf&eacute; in Padua; and several successful lamps for the Italian studio <a href="https://www.tacchini.it/en/journal/thank-you-maestro/" target="_blank">Tacchini</a>.</p> <p>Riva was widely known for a wide array of projects ranging from his stately private residences, well-lit interiors spaces, and designs for furniture that incorporated Riva&rsquo;s sense of luminescence while communicating a simplicity of form reminiscent of his lifelong influence, Constantin Br&acirc;ncu&#537;i.</p> <p>&ldquo;My work is constantly fostered and tested by my being in this world. Plus, there is...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/85281226/editor-s-picks-339 Nam Henderson 2013-10-29T19:07:00-04:00 >2013-10-30T07:49:56-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/kc/kc0u8w1qahplgqzg.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In the latest edition of the Working out of the Box series Archinect interviewed Steven Fleming an architectural-theorist of cycling... Slightly was inspired "For me, this type of work is more inspirational than the glossy renderings I see that is all too common in architecture work these days! Seriously, bike friendly movement needs to be in the forefront of cities around the world!"...</p></em><br /><br /><p> In the latest edition of the <strong>Working out of the Box</strong> series Archinect interviewed <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/84683423/working-out-of-the-box-steven-fleming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steven Fleming an architectural-theorist of cycling</a>.</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/tv/tvt8a3e96n7ap7gb.jpg" title=""></p> <p> For those wondering what does that mean, he explains his latest project is an exhibition "<em>inspired by General Motors' Futurama exhibition at the 1939 World's Fair, only instead of whetting everyone&rsquo;s appetite for owning a car and a house in the suburbs, I want my Utopian vision to open people's eyes to the potential of bikes, if cities were actually built for bikes and other modes weren't allowed to impeded bicycle motion</em>".</p> <p> <strong>Slightly</strong> was inspired "<em>For me, this type of work is more inspirational than the glossy renderings I see that is all too common in architecture work these days! Seriously, bike friendly movement needs to be in the forefront of cities around the world!</em>"...</p> <p> Meanwhile for the latest release of the <strong>In Focus</strong> feature Archinect talked to <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/84984077/in-focus-jade-doskow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brooklyn-based photographer Jade Doskow</a>.&nbsp;Her "<em>largest and most current body of work involves...</em></p>