December 12, 1919 - Giancarlo De Carlo
Architecture is Too Important to Leave to the Architects Giancarlo De Carlo . He was an Italian architect who was one of architectural thinkers of his time. He was a part of generation that entered architecture in a postwar Italian democracy that shaped his philosophy about life and architecture. University Colleges of Urbino, Italy The University Colleges are one of the most famous and significant projects of Giancarlo De Carlo. Between 1962 and 1983, he built a huge settlement to accommodate about 1100 students not far from the city, center of the university life. There are many reasons that made the University Colleges a veritable icon of the 20th Century, and Giancarlo was one of the reasons. University Colleges of Urbino, Italy He had a long career as an architect, writer and a teacher. De Carlo was a self-taught and trained as an architect from 1942 to 1949. Giancarlo De Carlo was one of the founding members of Team X...