Massimiliano Fuksas

Massimiliano Fuksas of Lithuanian descent, was born in Rome in 1944. He graduated in Architecture from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1969. Since the Eighties he has been one of the main protagonists of the contemporary architectural scene.

From 1994 to 1997 he was a member of the Planning Commissions in Berlin and Salzburg. In 1998 he was awarded for his professional career with “Vitruvio International a la Trayectoria” in Buenos Aires. From 1998 to 2000 he directed the “VII Mostra Internazionale di Architettura di Venezia”, Less Aesthetics, More Ethics. In 1999 he received the Grand Prix National d’Architecture Française, the following year he was named National Academic of San Luca and was decorated Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française. In 2002 the Honorary Fellowship of the AIA – American Institute of Architects , Washington D.C. Three years later member of the Académie d’Architecture in Paris. In 2006 the Honorary Fellowship of the RIBA – Royal Institute of British Architects, London UK and was named Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Repubblica Italiana. In 2010 he was decorated with Légion d’Honneur by the French President. In 2012 the Medal of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Italy, and the Global Lithuanian Award, Art and Culture category in Vilnius, Lithuania. The following year the Idea-Tops Awards, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport-T3, awarded Best Transportation Space in Shenzhen, China. In 2014 Architizer A + Award and Architizer A + Pop­­ular Choice Award, Transportation-Airports category in New York. From 2000 to 2015 he was author of the architecture column – founded by Bruno Zevi – in the Italian news magazine “L’Espresso” and from 2014 to 2015 he was, with his wife, the author of the Design column in the Italian newspaper “La Repubblica”.

He has been Visiting Professor at a number of Universities such as Columbia University in New York, the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien, the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart.

Long since he is dedicating special attention to the study of urban problems in large metropolitan areas.

AWARDS
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 “Crystal Globe IAA Grand Prix 2015” premio al merito, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 “First Sustainable European Trade Fair – LEED 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 “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
2012 “Global Lithuanian Award 2012″, Art and Culture category, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 International award “Ignazio Silone for culture”, Rome, Italy
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 “International Architecture Awards 2007”, New Trade Fair, Rho-Pero in Milan, Italy, awarded “Best New Global Design”, Chicago, USA
2007 “Cubo D’Oro” Award (Scientific Committee of the Annals on Architecture and the city of Naples), Italy
2007 “European Shopping Centre Awards”, first prize awarded to Europark 2 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
1999 “Grand Prix National d’Architecture Française”, Paris, France

RECOGNITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
2022 “Doctor Honoris Causa”, University West Attica of Athens, Greece
2018 “Career Award” romArchitettura 6 by Inarch, Palazzo Taverna at University of Arkansas in Rome, UARC, Italy
2010 decorated “Chevalier de l’Ordre de La Légion d’Honneur Française”
2012 “Medal of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers”, Italy
2006  Honorary Fellowship of the RIBA – Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK
2006 decorated Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Repubblica Italiana
2005  member of the Académie d’Architecture in Paris, France
2003  member of the International Academy of Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria
2002  Honorary Fellowship of the AIA -American Institute of Architects, Washington DC., USA
2000  decorated member of Academic of San Luca, Italy
2000  decorated “Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française”
1997  member of the Board Commission of the IFA Institut Français d’Architecture in Paris, France
1998 “Vitruvio International a la Trayectoria” award for his professional career, Buenos Aires, Argentina
from 1994 to 1997 member of the Planning Commission in Berlin, Germany
from 1989 to 1993 member of Board Commission at the France Academy-Villa Medici in Rome, Italy