Giuseppe Lignano

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Giuseppe Lignano (September 5, 1963 -) Italian architect and co-founder (with Ada Tolla) of the New York City architectural firm LOT-EK. LOT-EK was the first architectural firm to employ cargo containers and other "found" objects, such as airplane fuselages, as construction materials. One such container-based construction, the MDU, or Mobile Dwelling Unit, was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2004. As of 2003, Lignano has acted as an adjunct associate professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.