Rudy Ricciotti
Rudy Ricciotti (born 1952) is an Algerian-born French architect and publisher.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Early life
He was born in Kouba, Algeria of Italian origin on August 22, 1952 and moved to France at the age of three.[1][3][4] He studied engineering in Switzerland and he graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marseille in 1980.[1]
Career
He has designed the Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée in Marseilles, Le Pavillon Noir in Aix-en-Provence, Villa Navarra in Le Muy, the Jean Cocteau Museum in Menton, Les Arts Gstaad in Gstaad the International Center of Art and Culture in Liège, Belgium.[1][2][3][4] He worked on an exhibition in The Louvre with Mario Bellini in 2012.[1][2] He abhors minimalism.[1] He supports the "demuseumification of museums."[1]
He also runs a small publishing house, Al Dante, which publishes photography, essays on architecture, and poetry, including a French translation of John Ashbery.[1]
He is a recipient of the Legion of Honor, the Order of Arts and Letters and the National Order of Merit.[1]
Personal life
He lives in Cassis and has an office in Bandol.[1][3] He collects rare books.[1]
Bibliography
- Blitzkrieg : De la culture comme arme fatale (with Salvatore Lombardo, Transbordeurs, 2005).
- HQE (Le Gac Press, 2013).
- L'architecture est un sport de combat (with David d'Equainville, Editions Textuel, 2013, 112 pages).[5]
Documentary
- L'Orchidoclaste (dir. Laetitia Masson, 2013, 52 minutes).[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 Lanie Goodman, Ground Breaker, The New York Times, September 17, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rudy Ricciotti démolit le banal, Arte, September 30, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Luc Le Chatelier, Rudy Ricciotti, architecte brut de décoffrage, Télérama, 05/12/2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Aix-en-Provence Tourist Office
- ↑ Editions Textuel: L'architecture est un sport de combat
- ↑ AlloCine