Guglielmo Acciaro - Officina di Architettura

Profile of Guglielmo Acciaro - Officina di Architettura

Business Name

Guglielmo Acciaro - Officina di Architettura

Location

Italy

Services

Architecture

Website

http://www.guglielmoacciaro.com

Principal(s)

Guglielmo Acciaro (1955), Vincenzo Marchese (1967), Pierluigi Contino (1980) and Luigi Smecca (1976)

Philosophy

Architecture as a thought exist. Architecture is located in the head, to draw it and construct it in best possible ways is the work of an architect. Architecture is not a scientific discipline but a language of art, like painting, music and sculpture.

Background

• Founded: 1993
• Offices: 1
• Design team: 15

Key projects

• Monastery of Ordine della Visitazione, Reggio Calabria, 1999-2007
• Restoration Casa Professa Monumental Complex Palermo, 1999-2001
• Detailed Urban City Center Plan, Petralia Soprana(PA). 2001
• Restoration, church and parish of San Francesco da Paola, Palermo. 2002
• Competition, Theatre and Concert Hall, Kristiansand, Norway, 2004
• Competition, New Center for the Umanistic studies, Florence, Italy (2004)
• Competition, Geological Museum and Cinema, Fakse, Denmark, 2005
• Competition, New courthouse in Paris, France, 2007
• Competition, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, 2008

Key publications

• Guglielmo Acciaro, Architettura come pensiero, Maggio, 2006