Mario Cucinella

Architect

Mario Cucinella graduated in architecture at the University of Genoa in 1986. From 1987 to 1992 he worked with Renzo Piano at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop first in Genoa and then in Paris, where he established Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA) in 1992 and in Bologna in 1999. Today MCA is based in Bologna and New York. In January 2012, he founded Building Green Futures, a non-profit organization that seeks to fuse environmental awareness and technology to create architecture that guarantees dignity, quality and performance that respect the environment. In 2015 he founded SOS - the School of Sustainability - in Bologna, a post-graduate program aimed at training professional figures in the field of sustainability. In 2017 he was presented with the prestigious Honorary Fellowship Award by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). In 2016 the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) bestowed upon him their prestigious International Fellowship.

Products designed

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iTeka

Woody

“This series of outdoor luminaires was designed specifically for iGuzzini. The range was designed to be a harmonious family of tools (a bit like the string instruments in an orchestra) that includes luminaires and accessories for all outdoor lighting requirements, from mini spotlights to coloured reflectors for urban spaces.
The Woody luminaires have an aluminium finish, a transformer built into the base and are fitted with a special lens that allows the light beam to be adjusted from narrow to wide to illuminate objects of different sizes. The range has been developed from the tiny ‘MiniWoody’ spotlight to the large ‘MaxiWoody’ reflector. The luminaires have a similar shape, but each of them has been adapted for a specific purpose. This range of accessories is completed by ColourWoody, an innovative luminaire with two dichroic cylinders that overlap and rotate to produce a changing coloured light without having to use filters. Every luminaire in the range includes a series of accessories like mounting rods or bases to meet different lighting needs and requests.”

Mario Cucinella

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