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Riccardo Salvi

Riccardo Salvi

Milan, IT

 

About 

RICCARDO SALVI architetto

Founder and co-owner of Logica:architettura, Riccardo is working on a  variety of projects in Europe, Asia and the United States. He has  published contributions in international books and magazines. He is the  author of a successful series of Interior Design Manuals in five  volumes, as well as a book concerning cultural identity as expressed in  architecture, and a collection of essays focusing on the distinctive  characteristics of Interior Architecture. In 2017 he wrote the first  extensive monograph on Paolo Rizzatto’s work. All these books are  published by Franco Angeli Editore.

Former Professor of Retail Design, he has also been cooperating for over ten years with some of the most significant brands in the field of  fashion and luxury, among them Balenciaga, Giorgio Armani, Sergio Rossi  and Richemont SA, the financial holding representing some of the most  prestigious brands at international level both in jewellery (Cartier,  Montblanc, Van Cleef & Arpels), and in watch-making (Piaget, IWC,  Baume & Mercier, Officine Panerai, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger Le  Coultre, A. Lange & Söhne, Roger Dubuis).

In 2014 Riccardo collaborated as Scientific Consultant at “Swiss or only Worldwide? A journey through contemporary Swiss architecture” and in  2017 he wrote and presented “The music of the forms”, two radio programs broadcasted on Rete Due Radio Svizzera Italiana. Since March 2018 he  has been broadcasting the radio column “The wall of Sound” and the radio program “Gimme shelter” on Radio Popolare.

Logica: Architettura

Logica:architettura is a multidisciplinary office for architectural design. The office develops projects for residential buildings, apartments, hotels, workspaces, offices, retail stores and showrooms. It is also operational in the field of furniture and industrial design. Logica:architettura deals with global architectural design from the stage of analysis and conceiving to the supervision of realization through planning, execution, monitoring and controlling so that work is always delivered on time and on budget. Logica:architettura is published by the major national and international magazines and is present on various interior design books.

Logica:architettura has its main office in Milan (ITALY) in a building designed in the 30’s by Gio Ponti and Luciano Baldessari.

Education 

Politecnico di Milano, Milano, IT, BArch, Architecture

Sep 1987 - Mar 1991
 

Awards 

Design competition "Design Time. The next icon in watch culture and design", Nomination

2012
 

Paesaggi urbani: luci e ombre dell'architettura nella provincia di Lecco, 1st Place

2011
 

Competition for the functional requalification of Mandonico (LC) historical village, 2nd Place

2011
 

Competition for the restoration and requalification of the Bastanzetti Foundry in Arezzo (AR), Honorable Mention

2008
 

Competition for the new Council Chamber in Chiaravalle (AN), Honorable Mention

2008
 

Competition for the new Civic Centre in Traversetolo (PR), 2nd Place

2000
 

Competition for a new school in Oleggio (NO), 2nd Place

1999
 

International competition for the new Royal Library of Denmark, Honorable Mention

1993
 

Competition for polyfunctional building in Madone (BG), Honorable Mention

1992
 

Areas of Specialization