Massimiliano Fuksas

Massimiliano Fuksas OMRI
Massimiliano Fuksas
Born	1944-01-09 Rome
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects Grand Prix d'Architecture Française International Architecture Awards 2007
Buildings	FieraMilano, New Exhibition Hall, Armani Store Fifth Avenue, Armani Ginza Tower, Centro Congressi Italia, Vienna Twin Tower, Zénith Music Hall, Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, Peres Center for Peace

Massimiliano Fuksas (born January 9, 1944) is an international Italian architect. He is the head of Studio Fuksas, with offices in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen.

Fuksas was born in Rome in 1944; his father was Lithuanian Jewish while his Catholic mother was the daughter of a French father and an Austrian mother.

At the beginning of the Sixties, he worked for Giorgio De Chirico in Rome. After he left Italy and worked for a period for Archigram in London, for Henning Larsen and for Jørn Utzon in Copenhagen. He received his degree in architecture from the La Sapienza University in 1969 in Rome, where he opened his first office in 1967, the GRANMA.

From 1985 he has worked in partnership with his wife, Doriana Mandrelli. Subsequent offices were opened in Paris (1989) and Vienna (1993), Frankfurt (2002) and Shenzhen, China (2008).Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport's new Terminal 3, which his firm designed and built 2008-2013 (with parametric design support by the engineering firm Knippers Helbig), is an outstanding example for the use of parametric design and production technologies in a large scale building. Fuksas had three daughter from Doriana Fuksas: Elisa, Lavinia, Priscilla.