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Paolo Portoghesi

1931 - 2023

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Paolo Portoghesi (2 November 1931 – 30 May 2023) was an Italian architect, theorist, historian, and professor of architecture at the Sapienza University of Rome. He was president of the architectural section of the Venice Biennale (1979–1992), editor-in-chief of the journal Controspazio (1969–1983), and dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano university (1968–1978). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paolo Portoghesi is the 448th most popular architect (down from 419th in 2019), the 3,780th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,618th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Paolo Portoghesi ranks 448 out of 518Before him are Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Leon Benois, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Vasily Bazhenov, Johann Friedrich Höger, and Charles Robert Cockerell. After him are Julia Morgan, Kolyu Ficheto, Nikolay Lvov, Kiyonori Kikutake, Ferdinand Boberg, and Alexander Kokorinov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Paolo Portoghesi ranks 448Before him are Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ursula Donath, Hal Connolly, Leyla Erbil, Gavin MacLeod, and Yevdokiya Mekshilo. After him are Henry Källgren, Mary L. Good, Zoltán Latinovits, Nadezhda Konyayeva, Müzahir Sille, and Giovanni Battista Rabino. Among people deceased in 2023, Paolo Portoghesi ranks 412Before him are Chuck Feeney, Atsushi Sakurai, Mary L. Cleave, Vera Vasilyeva, Lise Nørgaard, and Gayle Hunnicutt. After him are Richard Wagner, Klaus Bonsack, Ferenc Mészáros, Heide Simonis, Jacques Duquesne, and Eugenio Calabi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Portoghesi ranks 3,781 out of 5,161Before him are James Rivière (1949), Nada (1953), Sebastian Giovinco (1987), Piero D'Inzeo (1923), Giuseppe Giusti (1809), and Stefania Belmondo (1969). After him are Vincenzo Nibali (1984), Andrea Belotti (1993), Luigi Padovese (1947), Giorgio Albertazzi (1923), Maturino Blanchet (1892), and Moreno Argentin (1960).

Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Paolo Portoghesi ranks 64Before him are Giuseppe Piermarini (1734), Mario Bellini (1935), Paolo Soleri (1919), Alessandro Antonelli (1798), Massimiliano Fuksas (1944), and Franco Albini (1905). After him are Luigi Negri (1956).