Gaetana Aulenti (Architect)

Female, Italy, born 1927-12-04, died 2012-10-31

Associated with the firm network

Aulenti, Gae, Architect

Professional History

Résumé

Editorial Staff, Casabella-Continuità, Milan, Italy, 1955-c. 1962;

Principal, Gae Aulenti, Architetti Associati, Milan, Italy. Aulenti redesigned the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco's new facility in the Civic Center between 1999 and 2003.

Professional Activities

Vice-President, Association for Industrial Design, 1966-1969;

Professional Awards

Recipient, Grand International Prize for the Italian Pavilion, Xlll Triennale, Milan, Italy, 1964.

Recipient, Praemium Imperiale Prize for Architecture, Japan Art Association, Tokyo, Japan.

Recipient, Legion d’Honneur, Republic of France;

Education

College

Graduate, Milan Polytechnic School of Architecture, Milan, Italy, 1954.

PCAD id: 1535

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
City and County of San Francisco, Public Library (SFPL), Main Library #5, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA1915-1917San FranciscoCA

Publications

"Conceptual design unveiled for new Asian Art Museum at Civic Center", Inland architect, 115: 4, 118-127, 1998. Rowlands, Penelope, "Bay area boom", ARTnews, 98: 9, 100, 1999-10. Talarico, Wendy., "Seismic systems that stand up to nature", Architectural Record, 188: 2, 127, 2000. Deitz, Paula, "The Asian Art Museum", Architectural Review, 213: 1276, 22-23, 2003-06. Woodbridge, Sally B., "Cultural Chemistry", Architecture, 92: 7, 62-65, 2003-07. Cheng, Scarlet, "Asian Art Goes Beaux Arts", Art + Auction, 25: 4, 28-30, 2003-04. Kaufmann, Jason Edward, "From books to Buddhism", Art Newspaper, 13: 14, 2003-03. Erickson, Britta, "San Francisco Asian Art Museum opening", ArtAsiaPacific, 38, 17, 2003. Sano, Emily, "The New Asian Art Museum: An Institution Transformed", Arts of Asia, 33: 1, 34-35, 2003-01/02. Christensen, Thomas, "The New Asian Art Museum in the Civic Center San Francisco", Arts of Asia, 33: 1, 36-45, 2003-01/02. "Asian Art Museum opens in new location", Artweek, 34: 4, 3, 2003-05. Mulazzani, Marco, "Gae Aulenti", Casabella, 67: 132-143, 2003-12 / 2004-01. Hawthorne, Christopher, "Subtle dramatics: Gae Aulenti boldly reworks a Beaux-Arts box without sacrificing its essential character ", Metropolis, 22: 11, 158, 161, 163, 2003-07. Aulenti, Gae, Helfand, Gle, "The transformer: adaptive reuse pioneer Gae Aulenti turns San Francisco's Beaux Arts library into a twenty-first century museum of Asian art", Metropolis, 22: 5, 26, 44, 2003-01. Sano, Emily J., "The Reopening of the Asian Art Museum", Orientations, 34: 1, 26-27, 2003-01. Benet, Carol A, "The new Asian Art Museum in San Francisco", Orientations, 29: 10, 82, 1998-11.
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