Marco Piva Explained

Marco Piva, Italian architect, interior designer and product designer, born on February 15, 1952, in Milan.

Biography

He graduated in architecture at Politecnico di Milano and founded STUDIODADA in 1977, that was one of the main design offices of the radical period.^{[1] [2]}

In 1990, he opens his own brand, Studio Marco Piva, with activities ranging from large architectural projects for tourist facilities, to interior design, masterplan, and finally industrial design.

From 1987 to 1990, he was member of the Presidential Board of Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI).In 1987, Marco Piva also founded IDA, International Design Agency,^[3] an Italian interface for a World Design Network system.

In 2001, a variety of experiences in strategic consulting in the field of design and hotel hospitality culminated in consulting with the hospitality division of Federlegno. In 2002, “Atelier Design” was established, the Studio's atelier which wascreated as a centre for industrial design research and development.

Meantime, this remarkable activity has been combined with teaching positions at universities and design institutes both in Italy and abroad, and the organisation of the post-graduate master's degree program at the Politecnico di Milano the Polytechnic School of Design and the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan.

Major works

• Osaka Gas Corporation Ltd. “Building”– Osaka, interior design, 1992-1994^[4]
• Hotel Carrobbio – Milano, Interior Design, 1997-1999
• Eurocongressi Hotel – Cavaion, Verona Interior Design, 1998-2000
• Starhotel Michelangelo – Firenze, Inteior Design, 1998-2000
• Hotel dei Cavalieri Milano, (7th floor and meeting rooms interior design, 2000-2002)
• Laguna Palace Hotel – Venezia, Architettura & Interior Design, 2000-2002^[5]
• Hotel Mirage – Kazan, Russia Architecture & Interior Design, 2001-2003^[6]
• Port Palace Monaco – Principato di Monaco, Interior Design, 2002-2004^[7]
• T Hotel Cagliari, 2003-2005^[8]
• Club Med – Caprera, Master Plan Concept, 2006^[9]
• Porto Dubai – Dubai, Master Plan, 2006^[10]
• Tiara Hotel – Dubai, Interior Design, 2006-2010^[11]
• Hotel Residence Le Terrazze – Villorba, Architettura, 2006-2011^{[12] [13] [14]}
• Move Hotel – Mogliano Veneto Architettura, Interior & Light Design, 2009-2011^[15]
• Complessi residenziali a Milano progettati con Zaha Hadid e Daniel Libeskind, 2010-2013^[16]
• Beijing Feng-Tai Financial District – Concept design, Master Plan, 2011^{[17] [18]}
• Rawdhat Residential Buildings – Abu Dhabi, 2012^[19]
• Hotel Excelsior Gallia – Milan, Architecture, Landscape, Lighting, Interior Design, 2010-2015^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}
• Casa Alitalia lounges – Milan Malpensa - Fiumicino Airport, 2016^[24]
• Pantheon Iconic Hotel – Rome, Interior Design, 2018
• La Suite Hotel – Matera, Interior Design, 2019^{[25] [26]}
• Palazzo del Touring Club Italiano, Milano, 2021^{[27] [28] [29]}
• Palazzo Nani, Venezia, 2021^{[30] [31]}
• Tonino Lamborghini Towers – Chengdu, China Interior Design - ongoing^{[32] [33]}
• Princype Residential Complex – Milan, Italy Architecture & Interior Fit out - ongoing^{[34] [35]}

Awards and acknowledgement

• Triennale – Milan
• Landesgewerbemt Museum – Stuttgart
• Design Center – Cologne
• Kortrijk Design Biennale Interieur – Kortrijk
• European Community Design Prize – Seville
• Una Camera per l’Europa – Genoa
• Contract World Award – Hannover
• The European Hotel Design Awards - London
• Hospitality Award 2009 –^[36] Innovation
• Best Communicator Award, Marmomacc 2010, Verona^[37]
• ADI Design Index 2011 for the design of MGM Furnari^[38]
• World Travel Awards for the Excelsior Hotel Gallia, 2015-2016-2017-2018-2019-2020^[39]
• Good Design Award, 2017, ZEIT handle for Mandelli1953^[40]
• ADI Index, 2017, Category “Exhibition”, Designing the Complexity
• IF Design Award, 2018, Book radiator design Marco Piva for Caleido^[41]
• China Awards 2018, Capital Elite award for the urban development in China^[42]
• Wallpaper (magazine) Design Awards, 2019, Dream Factory category, Marty, Visionnaire^[43]
• Luxury Lifestyle Awards, 2020, category “Best Luxury Architect and Interior Design Studios in Milan, Italy”^[44]

Main exhibitions

• Light Hours - Salon du Meuble, Paris
• Marco Piva Designs for Tomorrow – Host, Milan
• Design Bar, Il Caos Felice – Sia Guest, Rimini
• Sicis Teatro, L’arte dell’abitare tra materia e luce – CRT Teatro dell’Arte, Milan, 2006
• Marco Piva Notebook Design Party – Teatro dell’Arte, I Saloni 2008, Milano
• Interni Design Energies – Limitless Color Tower – "University of Milan"
• Beauty Cave – Interni Think Tank – Università degli Studi di Milano^[45]
• La mano del Designer – disegni di Marco Piva – Villa Necchi Campiglio – Triennale Bovisa, Milano
• Marmomacc Meets Design “Irregolare Eccezionale” – Marmomacc 2010, Verona Fiere
• Tron Designs Corian – Milan Furniture Fair 2011^[46]

Product design

• A Project
• Altreforme
• Arflex
• Arpa
• Bross Italia
• Corinto

• Deko Collezioni^[47]
• Ege
• Iradium
• Jacuzzi^[48]
• La Murrina^[49]
• Leucos^[50]

• Meritalia
• Moroso
• Novello
• Pedrali^[51]
• Potacco
• Rapsel

• Reflex
• Rubinetterie Stella^[52]
• Uno Più
• Vda^[53]
• Valpra^[54]
• Zonca

External links

• Marco Piva Official website
• Tharaa Holding unveils Hadara brand & signature projects by Marco Piva
• Project Concepts
• Marco Piva CV on Edilportale
• Marco Piva as Marble Designer: a gallery

Notes and References

1. Book: The design encyclopedia, di Mel Byars - 2004 - pg.718. 9780870700125. Byars. Mel. 2004. L. King Pub. .
2. Web site: Studiodada references on the web.
3. Web site: Scheda del docente.
4. Web site: See Key projects. dead. https://archive.today/20160401161957/http://www.architecturenewsplus.com/profiles/542. 2016-04-01.
5. Web site: Laguna Palace Hotel - Venezia (pg.6).
6. Web site: Mirage Hotel by Studio Marco Piva. October 2012 .
7. Web site: Port Palace Monaco contributi italiani al progetto.
8. Book: T Hotel a Cagliari su Italian Interiors (pg.38). 9783038216537. Puglisi. Prestinenza. 2 May 2014. Walter de Gruyter .
9. Web site: Ristrutturazione del Club Med di Caprera.
10. Web site: Porto Dubai, progettista Marco Piva.
11. Web site: Anantara Resort Palm Jumeirah a stylish hotel to open soon. 2016-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160420235404/http://propdubai.com/news/314/index.php. 2016-04-20. dead.
12. Web site: Addio all'ecomostro, ecco l'hotel Le Terrazze. 30 April 2011 .
13. Web site: Studio Marco Piva reinvent forgotten site .
14. Web site: Recupero di un ecomostro. 31 December 2013 .
15. Web site: Move Hotel.
16. Book: Residential complex in Milan (pg.36a-36b). 9788820369774. Biraghi. Marco. Andreola. Florencia. Ricco. Gabriella Lo. 14 April 2015. Hoepli Editore .
17. Web site: Progetto approvato del nuovo Distretto finanziario di Feng-Tai, Cina.
18. Web site: Beijing Feng Tai District's financial center.
19. Web site: Rawdhat Residential Buildings - Abu Dhabi. 3 February 2010 .
20. Web site: A Milano rinasce lo storico hotel Excelsior Gallia: avrà la suite più grande d'Italia.
21. Web site: Hotel, i fondi puntano su Milano. Riapre l'Excelsior Gallia con 100 milioni di investimenti di Katara e Townhouse. 23 February 2015.
22. Web site: Ristrutturazione Hotel Gallia luxury hotel - Milano. 22 January 2015.
23. Web site: Hotel Excelsior Gallia .
24. Web site: Marco Piva designed Casa Alitalia Malpensa airport lounge. 6 June 2016.
25. Web site: La Suite hotel by Marco Piva, Objekt International magazine.
26. Web site: Studio Marco Piva has designed a 5-star hotel in Matera characterized by minimal and pure shapes . 16 December 2019 .
27. Web site: Radisson Collection Palazzo Touring Club Milano.
28. Web site: Una nuova vita per il Palazzo Touring Club Milano.
29. Web site: Marco Piva firma il restauro di Palazzo Bertarelli.
30. Web site: Radisson Collection Hotel Palazzo Nani Venice.
31. Web site: Inaugurato il Radisson Collection Palazzo Nani a Venezia, firmato dallo Studio Marco Piva.
32. Web site: Tonino Lamborghini Towers designed by Studio Marco Piva. April 22, 2021. Floornature.
33. Web site: Next opening of Tonino Lamborghini Towers by Studio Marco Piva. April 12, 2021. Asaarchitecture.
34. Web site: The Princype of Milan. October 13, 202o. Platform Architecture.
35. Web site: PRINCYPE in Milan, Italy by Studio Marco Piva. November 20, 2020. AECcafe.
36. Web site: R&D website, Hospitality Award Assignation.
37. Web site: Best Communicator Award, Marmomacc 2010.
38. Web site: ADI Design Index website, award to Marco Piva design. 2011-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051631/http://www.adidesignindex.com/en/abitare/sanitari-e-accessori-per-bagni/ciuri. 2012-04-26. dead.
39. Web site: Marco Piva vince 4 World Travel Awards. Design & Contract.
40. Web site: Marco Piva vince il Good Design Awards con la maniglia ZEIT per Mandelli1953. Good Design Award.
41. Web site: BOOK winner of the IF DESIGN AWARD 2018. Caleido.
42. Web site: China Awards 2018, i nomi di tutti i vincitori. Cina in Italia.
43. Web site: La Consolle Marty vince il Wallpaper Design. Visionnaire.
44. Web site: Winner of the year 2020. Luxury Lifestyle Awards.
45. Web site: pdf of the exhibition "Interni Think Thank".
46. Web site: From the official Dupont website, Tron Designs Corian designer's list.
47. Web site: Marco Piva design for Deko Collezioni . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722031321/http://www.deko.it/dk/marco_piva_00.3sp . 2011-07-22.
48. Web site: Marco Piva "Moove Collection" for Jacuzzi. Official Jacuzzi website. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111002108/http://en.jacuzzi.eu/collections/moove/intro. 2012-01-11.
49. Web site: Marco Piva design for La Murrina. Official La Murrina website. 2011-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20110202195212/http://www.lamurrina.com/home_en.html. 2011-02-02. dead.
50. Web site: Marco Piva lighting design. Leucos.com. 2011-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20101225043647/http://www.leucos.com/designers_det_usa.php/id=17. 2010-12-25. dead.
51. Web site: Marco Piva design. Pedrali.it. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110207213519/http://www.pedrali.it/en/marco-piva-45.html. 2011-02-07.
52. Web site: Marco Piva "Bamboo design. for Rubinetterie Stella.
53. Web site: pdv of Vitrum collection designed by Marco Piva for VDA. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051602/http://www.vdavda.com/brochure/vitrum_en.pdf. 2012-04-26.
54. Web site: Marco Piva design. for Valpra.