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Also known as Gai Aulenti, Gaetana Aulenti, Gaetana Emilia Aulenti

Italian architect and designer (1927–2012)

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Top works

  • Musei e mostre temporanee
  • Omaggio a Gae Aulenti
  • Progetto Bicocca
  • Gae Aulenti e il Museo d'Orsay
  • Il teatro di Rossini

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Person
Country
FR

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Key facts

Born
Gaetana Emilia Aulenti , ( 1927-12-04 ) 4 December 1927, Palazzolo dello Stella , Italy
Died
31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) (aged 84), Milan , Italy
Alma mater
Milan School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University
Known for
Architectural design, theatre design, lighting design
Movement
Modernism, Post-modernism
Spouse
Francesco Buzzi (m. 1959 – div.)
Awards
Praemium Imperiale (Japan), Premio speciale della cultura (Italy), Commandeur, Order des Artes et Letters (France), and others
Memorials
Piazza Gae Aulenti, Milan

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Encyclopedic overview

Gaetana "Gae" Emilia Aulenti ( pronounced [ˈɡaːe auˈlɛnti]; 4 December 1927 – 31 October 2012) was an Italian architect and designer. Aulenti began her career in the early 1950s, establishing herself as one of the few prominent female architects in post-war Italy.

Although modernism was the predominant international architectural style throughout much of the 20th century, Aulenti stepped away from its tenets to embrace neo-liberty, an architectural and design theory which upheld the relevance of tradition and artistic freedom within the modern aesthetic.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gae Aulenti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.