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Gianni Pettena (Bolzano, 23 August 1940) is an Italian architect, artist and architectural historian. Along with Ettore Sottsass, the Italian design firm Archizoom Associati, and the architectural firm Superstudio, Pettena is a key figure of the 1960s and 1970s radical architecture and radical design movement in Italy.
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Born | 23 August 1940 |
Died | 1953 |
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | University of Florence |
Occupation(s) | Architect, artist, architectural historian |
Notable work | Wearable Chairs (1971), Ice House I (1971), Ice House II (1972), Tumbleweed Catcher (1972), Red Line (1972), About Non-Conscious Architecture (1972-1973), Archipensieri (2001), Forgiving Architecture (2009), Architecture Forgiven by Nature (2017) |
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