Luigi Rosselli

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Luigi Rosselli is an Italian born architect who practices in Australia. Having first come to Australia to work on the New Parliament house under Romaldo Giurgola, Luigi established his company of Architects Luigi Rosselli pty ltd in 1985 and continues to create his sensitive signature buildings today.

Rosselli’s approach to architecture is “humanist, where people and environment take precedence over preconceived design dogmas” .

Timeline of Luigi Rosselli's designs from 1990-2012

Early Life and Influences

Rosselli grew up in Milano, surrounded by a vibrant cultural environment with people such as Gio Ponti, Giorgio de Chirico and Indro Montanelli in the roaring 1960s and 70s that made Milano the centre of new design and architecture. His childhood landscape consisted of a very lively and diverse architectural environment, moving between the medieval castle of Milan (Sforza Castle), the post war designs of Ernesto Rogers, the Alvar Alto inspired house designed by Hans Fritz where he spent some years of his adolescence and visits to buildings by Vico Magistretti, Caccia Dominioni, Giuseppe Terragni and Gio Ponti. He learnt from his surrounds to appreciate the pluralism and the coexistence of architecture of all ages and styles.

In Lausanne he studied at the Ecole Politechnique Federale (EPFL) a well-resourced university that managed to attract all the top architect of the time as guest professors – from Kenneth Frampton to Rafael Moneo and Alvaro Siza, with Umberto Riva being Luigi’s thesis mentor.

A few years of his training were spent in the practice of Mario Botta (1979) in Switzerland and under Romaldo Giurgola in his Mitchell Giurgola office in New York (1980). He then moved with the firm to Canberra where he contributed to the design of the Parliament House. Three different experiences that taught him how to have a holistic approach to design (from Spoon to City) in the case of Mario Botta, a humanist approach with Giurgola and the role of democracy in architecture in the case of Giurgola and Thorp in Canberra.

After receiving a Master of Architecture (1984) in Lausanne (First Prize SIA) with a thesis on Eclecticism and a project for a Hotel on the Simpton Pass, Luigi went back to Australia where he opened his own practice in 1985. The practice started as a one man show and has grown slowly over the years to a maximum team of 16. It has formed over the years a local reputation of well managed projects, good design and discretion that has attracted the most successful Australians to commission houses and other buildings.

See a video interview of one of Luigi Rosselli pty ltd most recent works on Domain TV. http://media.domain.com.au/property/amazing-homes/inspired-mix-of-old-and-new-2553874.html

Selected commercial projects

1986 Leo Schofield's offices fitout
1988 Frank Moore Shop fit-out, San Francisco, USA
1989 Kerry McGee Fashion Warehouse, Office and Manufacturing premises, Alexandria
1991 Barrister's Chambers office fit-out, Phillip St, Sydney
1992 UNSW Boardroom fit-out, Sydney
1993 Cicada Restaurant, Challis Avenue, Potts Point
1993 Monte dei Paschi di Siena Bank fit-outs in Brookvale, Fairfield, Leichhardt, Sydney
1995 Nanostructure Laboratory UNSW
1996 La Mensa Cafe, The Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington
1996 Verona Cafe, Verona Cinema, Darlinghurst
1996 Edward Meller, Collins Street, Melbourne
1996 Bel Mondo Restaurant, Argyle Department Store, The Rocks
1998 Newsbar, Cantinetta, Grace, Bittersweet Restaurants and Cafes Myers Grace Bros, Sydney City
1999 Vault Restaurant & Bar in George Street, The Rocks
1999 Office building refurbishment at 107 Pitt Street, Sydney
2000 Good Manors Landscaping, new office building, Rozelle
2000 Loft Café, University of Technology, Sydney
2001 Federation Fountain, University of Technology, Haymarket
2001 Art Gallery of NSW Café and Restaurants, Sydney
2004 Giallo, Shop fit outs, Paddington, Melbourne Central, Brisbane
2005 Casella Winery, Griffith, Winning competition design with Tanner Architects
2006 Edward Meller Collins Street, Melbourne
2008 Renovation and alteration to commercial premises Surry Hills
2009 UTS Marketing Offices
2011 BALLA Restaurant - Star City for Manfredi Enterprises
2012 Freemantle Administrative Building

Selected residential projects

1990 INXS musician's house in Cammeray
1990 INXS musician's house in Cottage Point
1995 Watermark Apartments Manly
1995 Geoff McMullen's house in Palm Beach
1996 New house at Coal Point
1997 Vogliotti residence in Point Piper
1998 Apartment interiors, McMahons Point
1998 Peter Doyle's house in Northbridge
1999 O'Connell Street Penthouses in Sydney
2000 Waterfront residence in Parriwi Road, Mosman
2000 Alterations to heritage listed house at Lavender Bay
2000 Phillip Clark's house in Tamarama
2000 Aisbitt residence in Point Piper
2001 Kate McClymont & Grahame Brosnan house in Woollahra
2001 Gregan house in Mosman
2004 Gunn residence at Mosman
2004 Walton residence in Vaucluse
2005 Holmes á Court country house, Mittagong
2005 Holmes á Court residence in Centennial Park
2005 Mt Minderoo, country house Mittagong
2007 Negus Residence Point Piper
2007 Williams Residence, Bradleys Head Road, Mosman
2008 Alterations to a Leslie Wilkinson House in Double Bay
2009 Gonsky Residence alterations, Point Piper
2010 Kiribilli House (http://www.archdaily.com/171550/elamang-avenue-luigi-rosselli/)
2011 Benelong Apartments
2012 Minderoo Station, Pilbara
2012 Buch residence, Gordon's Bay
2012 Rankin Residence, Woollahra

Awards

1985 Exhibited in Venice Biennale (see catalogue of "Terza Mostra Di Architecttura") with a bridge on the grand canal of Venice
1990 Won 4th prize in the international competition for the "Square of the Swiss Living Abroad" in Brunnen, Switzerland
1992 Awarded the Sydney Morning Herald Architecture Award for the Hawkesbury River House
1996 Won 3rd prize in RAIA competition for "Mary Mc Killop Interpretive Centre"
2004 Awarded Domain/RAIA People's Choice Award for Mosman house
2004 Awarded RAIA Commendation for Outstanding Architectural Work for Mosman house
2004 Shortlisted for IDAA 2004 Award for Hospitality Interior Design
2004 Shortlisted for IDAA 2004 Award for Public or Institutional Interior Design
2004 Shortlisted for IDAA 2004 Award for Retail Interior Design
2006 Awarded RAIA Wilkinson Award Outstanding Residential Architecture Single Housing
2006 Awarded People's Choice Award – B H & G
2006 Runner-up National Robin Boyd finalists
2007 Mosman Good Design Awards 2007
2008 Waverley Council Civic Pride Awards Heritage & Design 2008
2009 Mosman Council Heritage Conservation Design Awards – Commendation for Bradleys Head house
2009 Australian Institute of Architects Heritage Architecture Award June 2009 for Wiston Gardens house
2009 Waverley Council Civic Pride Awards Heritage & Design 2009 Contemporary Design Category
2009 National Trust Energy Australia Heritage Awards - Highly Commended Adaptive Re-use – Individuals
2011 Mosman Design Awards – Residential Adaptive Re-Use Winner
2011 Mosman Design Awards - Streetscape Contribution and Sustainability - Commendation
2011 Waverley Council Civic Pride Award Recognising and Promoting Heritage Conservation and Outstanding Contemporary Design
2011 Australian Institute of Architects – the Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable Architecture for Kirribilli house

Publications

Ambiente (German magazine), December 1993
Andrew Metcalf, Thinking Architecture, RAIA, 1995, pp. 76–80
Architecture Australia, August 1990, p. 36
Architecture Australia, August 1991, p. 34 and cover
Architecture Australia, May/June 1996, pp. 76–81
Architectural Review, Winter 1996, pp. 110–114
Australian Financial Review, 15–17 April 2005, p. L18
Australian Gourmet Traveller, January 1999, pp. 104–108
Australian Home & Architectural Trends, Vol 20 No 16, p. 109
Australian Style No 21, 1997, pp. 112–115
Belle, February/March 1996, supplement, pp. 16–17, 54–55
Belle, April/May 1998, pp. 74–79
Belle, June/July 1999, pp. 60–61
Belle, June/July 2000, pp. 94–99
Belle Corporate and Office Design, Spring/Summer 1994/5, p. 25
Belle Corporate and Office Design, Autumn/Winter 1997, pp. 36–39
Belle Design and Decoration, March 1994, p. 24
Belle Design and Decoration, October/November 1994, p. 84
Belle Kitchen and Bathroom Yearbook, 1998, p. 12
Belle Kitchen and Bathroom Yearbook, 1999, pp. 60–61
Belle Kitchen and Bathroom Yearbook, 2000, pp. 30–31, 56–57, 64–65
Contemporary Home Design, Issue 3.3, pp. 60–65
Davina Jackson, 40 Up, RAIA, 1998, p. 50
Davina Jackson and Chris Johnson, Australian Architecture Now 2000, Thames & Hudson, pp. 12, 31, 76
Elizabeth Wilhide, The Flooring Book,
Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, Cambridge University Press, 2011: http://architectureau.com/articles/encyclopedia-of-australian-architecture-launched/#img=0
Ryland, Peter & Small, London, 1997 pp13, 21, 36
Francoise Fromonot, Sydney, History of a Landscape, Vilo Publishing, Paris 2000
Graham Jahn, A Guide to Sydney Architecture, Waterman Press, Sydney, 1997, p. 197
Hauser 3/99, Hamburg, Germany. pp. 36–40
Houses, Issue 44, pp. 87–97
House and Garden, December 1999, pp. 122–123
House and Garden, December 2000, p. 74
House and Garden, April 2001, pp. 90–95
House and Garden, May 2001, p. 52
Indesign, Issue No 15, pp. 160–167
Indesign Issue No 24 p. 36
Infinity Pools, Ana G Cañizares, Collins Design 2006 pp. 130–131
Inside (Interior Review) No 3, 1997, pp. 56–61
Inside No 3, pp. 53–61
Inside No 11, pp. 88–89
Inside No 14, pp. 40–43
Interior Architecture, Moscow, Russia Issue No 33, p. 102
Interior Digest, No 8 2003, pp. 58–67
John Gollings and George Michell, New Australia Style,
Thames & Hudson, 1999, pp. 186–189
Luxury Home Design Vol 2 No 2, pp. 62–65
Outdoor Space, No 1 2005, pp. 52–55
Stefano Manfredi, Belmondo, Hodder, Sydney 2000
Sydney Morning Herald Domain, 9 Sep 2004, cover and pp. 6–7
The Architecture Bulletin, October 1996, p. 12
The Architecture Bulletin, December 1998, pp. 10, 11 and cover
The Australian Design Series, Contemporary Decorating, 1988–89 p
The Australian Design Series, Contemporary Decorating, 1989 edition 108
The Australian Design Series, Corporate and Office Design, Spring 1992 p. 28
The Australian Design Series, Corporate and Office Design, Autumn 1992, p72
Ville and Giardini, October 1999, pp. 1–11
Vogue Living Australia No 5, 1988, p. 148
Vogue Living Australia, August 1991
Vogue Living Australia, March 1992
Vogue Living Australia No 5, October/November 1993, pp. 56 and 66
Vogue Living Australia, October/November 1994, cover and p. 92
Vogue Living, October/November 1999, p. 166
Vogue Entertaining and Travel April 1999, pp. 48–49
Vogue Living, Aug/Sep 2003 pp. 179–180
Vogue Living, Jan/Feb 2004 pp. 148–150
Sydney Morning Herald Domain 29 June 2006 Cover & pp. 8,9,10,11
Sydney Morning Herald 9 September 2006
Sydney Morning Herald Domain East 13 September 2006
Indesign Volume 47 November 2006 pp. 154–161
Infinity Pools 2006 pp. 131–133
Wallpaper January 2007 pp. 80–81
Sydney Morning Herald Essential 25 January 2007, pp. 28–29
Daily Telegraph Home, 18 August 2007, Cover, pp. 18–19
Inside Out November–December 2007 pp. 92–100
Sydney Morning Herald Essential 31 January 2008 pp. 22, 23
Pool Design Daab 2008 pp. 208–225
Stephen Crafti A Place In The Country Craftsman House 2008 pp. 214–219
The Sydney Magazine, SMH 8 August pp. 40, 41, 42
Vogue Living Australia, September/October 2008, pp. 166–173
Sydney Morning Herald Essential Magazine 16 October 2008, pp. 16, 17
Stephen Crafti Contemporary Beach Houses Down Under Images Publishing 2008 pp. 238–243
Stephen Crafti Courtyards For Modern Living Images Publishing 2008 pp. 79–81
Vogue Living Australia, September/October 2008; 166-173
Vogue Living Australia March/April 2009; 170
Vogue Living Before + After, 2010, Special Edition Autumn/Winter 2010;46-53
Voitutti – Italian life in Australia Issue 15 pp 40–43 Italian Chamber of Commerce 2010
21st Century Kitchens, Images Publishing, October, 2010; 124-125
After Images, Sydney Architecture Festival, Ross Anderson, October 2011; 70
Modern Lux Housing, Sandu Publishing house, August 2012; 157
Innovative restaurant interiors, Sandu Publishing, October 2012, p132-133 & p144-147

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