Luca Molinari was born in 1966 and graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Milan, after having worked and studied in both Holland and Spain. A professor at the Department of Architecture in Ascoli, he teaches a course entitled "Theory of architectural composition" there and in also professor of Contemporary History at the Second Department of Architecture in Naples. He has held workshops and conferences at numerous architecture departments in Italy and abroad and he is guest professor at the Department of Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Guang-Zhou, (China). In recent years he has curated installations and several events linked to the world of architecture and contemporary art. From 2001 to 2004 he was scientific director for architecture and urban studies for the Triennale di Milano and a member of the scientific committee, for which, among other things, he created and curated the first edition of the Italian Gold medal for Architecture awards. For several years he has been architecture and design editor for the Skira publishing house. He writes and collaborates with Italian and foreign periodicals, among which Abitare, Domus, Lotus, Il progetto, Area, Archis, L'architecture d'aujourd'hui and Vanity Fair (Italia). In 2006 he received the  Ernesto Nathan Rogers Prize for architectural criticism and communication at the Venice Biennale.