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Dante Benini
 

Dante Benini

 
 
Dante O. Benini forms very young in Venice with Carlo Scarpa.

Ho moves to Brasil for work reasons where he collaborates with Coper Sucar.

There he continues his studies and takes his degree at the Federal University; his supervising professor is Oscar Niemeyer, with whom he begins a fruitful collaboration.

During this period he was sent by Coper Sucar in the United States, in Los Angeles, where his reference practice was Frank Gehry's.

After this period, he returns to Europe, where always for Coper Sucar, he directs Ingex Architecture.
He teaches in Austria, where he will obtain the European reciprocal of his degree; he will do the same first in the United Kingdom and then in Italy, where by state exam he will obtain the architects profession qualification.

As consequence of this fulfilment, he will open his own offices in Milan and London, called Dante O. Benini & Partners Architects Ltd and Dante O. Benini & Partners Architects of Milan.

Today, DOBP Architects Practice works at an international level in architectural, planning and design fields.

Divided in various departments - architectural project, urban planning, interior architecture, product design and nautical design - about 60 people, of which: architects, engineers, specialists and general services, collaborate with external specialists in complete agreement with the multiple disciplinary norms; retained today  by the practice one of the most essential things.

Here are born projects of entire urban districts and great company headquarters, industrial laboratories and commercial areas, private clubs, residences, yachts, various products and furniture design too, all over the world.

From a more detailed curriculum vitae, we  find books, publications, won competitions, exhibitions and national and international awards, not last the Real Estate Awards 2008: "The Best Refurbishing Project Prize" (Vodafone Italia Headquarters at Ivrea) and "The Tradition and Innovation Prize" (Pisa Thith Millennium Square project); "Premio Vergilius d'Oro" ,Architectural Prize and ther "Re Awards 2007" as the "Best Architect of the Year", "Best Innovative Project"(Torno Internazionale), "Best Public Project"  (Provincial Pole for Training and Work) and "Prize for UE Italian Representation" for the reorganization and the interior restoration project of the ex Olivetti, Central ICO building, at Ivrea, prize assigned on occasion of  the 10th Edition 2007 of "Company Culture Awards - Venice, 18 May 2007.
 
 
 

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