Vittorio Gregotti Bio, Wiki

Vittorio Gregotti is an architect who helped renovate the 1992 Barcelona Olympic stadium. He is reported to have died on March 15th, 2020 at the age of 92 after catching coronavirus.

Vittorio Gregotti Age

She was born on August 10th, 1927in Novara, in the Italian Piedmont and died on March 15th, 2020 at the age of 92.

Vittorio Gregotti Career

Gregotti worked as a contributor to Casabella, an architectural magazine, and was its editor-in-chief from 1955 to 1963. He founded his own studio, Gregotti Associati International, in 1974 but also lectured on architectural theory and curated several exhibits in Italy.

His studio has designed several important sports venues and cultural buildings, such as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, the Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon, the Arcimboldi Opera Theater in Milan and several university campuses, including that of the University of Calabria.

Vittorio Gregotti, the architect of Genoa and Sampdoria's Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, has passed away due to coronavirus at the age of 92.

The iconic stadium, originally constructed in 1911, was dismantled, redesigned, and rebuilt for Italia 90.

Rest in peace, Vittorio. pic.twitter.com/jNHkBqlgSP

— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) March 16, 2020

His studio also designed Pujiang New Town in Shanghai, China, a new town with an Italian architectural theme.

In 2012 he wrote an article for STUDIO Architecture and Urbanism magazine published on its issue#02 Original, edited by Romolo Calabrese.

Vittorio Gregotti Death & Cause (Coronavirus)

Gregotti died in a Milan hospital on Sunday, March 15th, 2020 of COVID-19 in Milan. He was 92 years old. According to local media, he died of pneumonia after having contracted Covid-19.

Fellow Italian architect Stefano Boeri described him as a “master of international architecture” who “created the story of our culture”.

Vittorio Gregotti Wife (Mariana Mazza)

Gregotti was married to his wife of many deacades, Mariana Mazza.  Mazza remains in hospital in Milan.