Adolfo Natalini (10 May 1941 – 23 January 2020) was an

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architect.

Biography

Natalini founded the architectural company

Superstudio Superstudio was an architectural firm, founded in 1966 in Florence, Italy by Adolfo Natalini and . Gian Piero Frassinelli, Alessandro, and Roberto Magris, Alessandro Poli later joined. History Superstudio was a major part of the Radical period ( ...

in 1966 along with Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, Gian Piero Frassinelli, Alessandro and Roberto Magris, and Alessandro Poli. At the end of the 1970s, Natalini became a member of the Architectural School of Pistoia with Roberto Barni, Umberto Buscioni, and Gianni Ruffi. He was one of the pioneers of the ''radical architettura'' movement of the 1960s and 70s. During this period, Natalini focused on projects in

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and other parts of

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. Natalini served as a professor of architecture at the

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. He was an honorary member of the Association of German Architects, the Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects, the

Accademia delle Arti del Disegno The Accademia delle Arti del Disegno ("Academy of the Arts of Drawing") is an academy of artists in Florence, in Italy. It was founded on 13 January 1563 by Cosimo I de' Medici, under the influence of Giorgio Vasari. It was initially known as ...

, the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, and the

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. Some of his projects include the Römerberg in

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, the

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, the Bank of Alzate Brianza, the Zola Predosa Power Center, and the Saalgasse House in Frankfurt. Natalini's works in

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include the Teatro della Compagnia and the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. Adolfo Natalini died on 23 January 2020 at the age of 78.

References

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