Articles About Jorge Rigamonti's Work

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Jorge Rigamonti (Milan, Italy 1940 - Caracas, Venezuela 2008) was a distinguished Venezuelan architect who produced a number of national and international award-winning designs, an active architecture professor for over 30 years, a speaker and jury member at numerous international seminars and competitions, and a committed contributor to the dissemination of architecture, in particular as co-founding director of Venezuela’s “Architecture Museum Foundation”. Many of his designs showcased innovative lightweight metallic structures that created exteriors permeable to sunlight and wind, along with vertical gardens, designed to generate a pleasant microclimate in the tropics. Among the awards he received is the Grand Prize at the IX Panamerican Biennial of Quito, Ecuador of 1994, for Cayo Crasquí’s Ecological Tourism Camp. In 2006, he received the National Architectural Award, the highest recognition given to honor the career of architects in Venezuela. https://www.behance.net/Rigamonti