Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas was born in Rome where she graduated in History of Modern and Contemporary Architecture at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1979. She has also earned a degree in Architecture from ESA, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris. She has done didactic activities at the Institute of History of Art at the Faculty of Letters and Arts and at Industrial Design Department ITACA at “La Sapienza” University in Rome. She has curated four “Special Projects” at the “VII Mostra Internazionale di Architettura di Venezia”, Less Aesthetics, More Ethics in 2000: Jean Prouvè, Jean Maneval, the Peace Pavilion and Architecture of Spaces, and the Contemporary Art section. She has worked with Massimiliano Fuksas in 1985 and has been director in charge of “Fuksas Design” since 1997. In 2002 she was decorated Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française. In 2006 Awards for Excellence Europe” ULI (Urban Land Institute), first prize awarded to New Trade Fair Rho-Pero in Milan. In 2012 Wallpaper* Design Awards 2012, New Rome-Eur Congress Centre awarded Best Building Site. In 2013 she was decorated Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la RépubliqueFrançaise. The same year the Idea-Tops Awards, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport-T3, awarded Best Transportation Space in Shenzhen, China.
From 2014 to 2015 he was the author of the Design column in the Italian newspaper “La Repubblica”. From January 1st, 2020, Doriana Fuksas was awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur Française.
AWARDS
2020 “Chevalier de l’Ordre de La Légion d’Honneur Française”
2016 “Patrimoine Award”, New National Archives of France, Paris, awarded in the “State Cultural Institutions” category by French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Paris, France
2015 “German Design Award 2016”, Chantal lamp for Slamp awarded Special Mention in the “Lighting” category by German Design Council, Frankfurt, Germany
2014 “Good Design Award 2014”, Impronta wash-basin for Catalano awarded in the “Bathroom and Accessories” category by Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts, Chicago, USA
2014 “First Sustainable Europian Trade Fair – LEED EB:O&M certification” to New Milan Trade Fair, Milan, Italy
2014 “Architizer A+ Award” and “Architizer A+ Popular Choice Award”, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport – T3, Shenzhen, China, awarded in the “Transportation – Airports” category, New York, USA
2013 “Designer Kitchen & Bathroom Awards 2013”, Impronta wash-basin for Catalano awarded Gold Winner in the “Innovation in Design – Bathroom Products” section, London, United Kingdom
2013 “Idea-Tops Awards”, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport – T3, Shenzhen, China awarded “Best Transportation Space”, Shenzhen, China
2012 “Wallpaper* Design Awards 2012”, EUR New Congress Centre, Rome, Italy awarded “Best Building Site”, London, United Kingdom
2011 “International Design Awards 2009-2010” to the handle Carmen for Manital, Los Angeles, USA
2009 “Gold Medal Award” to Zenith Music Hall in Strasbourg, France, “Honorable Mention for Public Spaces and Infrastructures” to St. Paolo parish complex in Foligno, Italy, Triennale di Milano, Italy
2007 “European Shopping Centre Awards”, first prize awarded to Europark in Salzburg, Austria, (Refurbishments/Extensions)
2006 “Awards for Excellence Europe”, ULI (Urban Land Institute), first prize awarded to New Trade Fair, Rho-Pero in Milan, Italy, Washington D. C., USA
2005 “National Award for Architecture In/Arch – Ance” to Ferrari Operational Headquarters and Research Centre, Maranello, Italy
RECOGNITIONS
2020 decorated “Chevalier de l’Ordre de La Légion d’Honneur Française”
2013 decorated “Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française”
2002 decorated “Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française”