About us
ABDR activities are carried out combining modern professional practice and didactic scientific research, and are regularly published in many national and international magazines and dedicated monographs. It is one of the most important professional studios on the Italian and international scene. Its work is focused on great infrastructural projects in the public and private sectors and on architecture at a high level of complexity. ABDR is member of the OICE and has always cooperated with international building companies and gained important commissions in Italy and abroad, such as Algeria, Morocco and Kazakhstan.
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Exhibitions
Several museums of architecture and international cultural institutions have exhibited ABDR design works. The studio has often been invited at the Venice Biennale and the Milan Triennale, and has also represented Italian design in many official architectural events. In 1997 ABDR held a personal exhibition at the AAM gallery in Milan and in 2007 at the Académie Royale in Brussels. It represented Italy at the Shanghai Expo in 2010. The Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Tourism recognised the projects of the New Tiburtina Station and the Florence Opera House as artistic works of national interest (Italian Law 633/1941 on the protection of copyright). Moreover, since 2013, some of the Studio's projects have been included in the permanent collection of MAXXI, the Museum of 21st Century Arts.
Prizes and Awards
ABDR has been awarded with the “EuroSolar” prize for bioclimatic architecture in 2003 and the “Europe & Africa Property Awards” prize in 2010. 2012 the Studio was mentioned at the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture for two design works and had a nominee at the European Union Prize - Mies Van Der Rohe Award in 2013. The Opera House in Florence is awarded with the Inarch/ANCE 2014 national prize as best Italian work.
Founding members
ABDR acronym comes from the founders’ last name initials. A long journey which first began 40 years ago and continues today with the new generations. The Studio has successfully adapted to new key careers and in-house skills during four decades and especially following the untimely death of founder Maria Laura Arlotti.
He constantly carries out research activities and is the author of numerous essays and monographic contributions, including: Tre cantieri romani. Costruire nell'esistente tra storia e innovazione ed. AR Edizioni Roma 2017, Le forme del museo. Ragionamenti ed esercizi didattici ed. Gangemi Roma 2016, L'involucro architettonico tra linguaggio e costruzione ed. RDesignPress Roma 2008, La casa dei Maestri ed. Adda Bari 2007, Piccole Case ed. Adda Bari 2002.
He is the author of numerous essays and monographs in the field, among which we should at least mention: International Style? Alle origini del contemporaneo, ed. Meltemi 2004, Città di latta, ed. Meltemi 2002, Ex-city, ed. Meltemi 2002, La città di latta, favelas di lusso, autogrill, svincoli stradali e antenne paraboliche, ed. Costa&Nolan 1997, Attraversamenti: i nuovi territori dello spazio pubblico, ed. Costa&Nolan 1997, Pier Luigi Nervi, ed. Zanichelli 1979.
He graduated in Rome in 1980, and in the same year he was Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Architecture and Urban studies in New York (USA). He was a lecturer at the European Institute of Design in Rome, and subsequently Professor of Architectural Design at the Faculty of Architecture in Ascoli Piceno, University of Camerino. Since 1997 he has been a tenured professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Pescara, G. d'Annunzio University, where he is currently Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Design. He has held lectures, seminars and conferences at many Italian and foreign cultural and university institutions. From 1995 to 1997 he was a speaker at 'Progetto Italia' at the Italian-Latin American Institute in Rome. He is the author of essays and specialised texts. An extensive collection of his writings was published in Le Ragioni della forma by Sala Editori.
Meet the team
A multidisciplinary team of skills committed to all aspects of integrated Architectural Design, including specific professionals with experience in the fields of Urban Planning, Landscape Design, Engineering (structures and plants), Sustainable Architecture and its processes, Flow Management, Interior Design and Light Design.
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Previous collaborators
Yasmine Alaoui, Elena Baccari, Laura Barbieri, Barbara Battelli, Valeria Bergamo, Elisa Bertoni, Davide Bertugno, Melania Bisegna, Anna Błażewicz, Francesco Bracci, Davide Breschi, Palma Bucarelli, Gianmarco Buccolieri, Laura Buonfrate, Miriam Camerini, Vincenzo Cannata, Lorenzo Castelli, Matteo Cavuoti, Silvia Cesareni, Eugénie Chavanes, Laura Cicchinelli, Alessandro Ciocci, Josh Colleluori, Marina Congestrì, Danilo Crivella, Davide D'Addazio, Félicia de La Tullaye, Mia Dei Cas, Ambra Del Frate, Lucia De Vincenti, Angela De Vita, Viola Di Giò, Cecilia Falcone, Ylenia Donati, Carlota Galàn Daries, Sibilla Frattaroli, Silvia Giachetti, Ilaria Gizzi, Alice Grondona, Salma Khaldi, Danilya Khutbeeva, Shen Fei Lam, Adele Lattanzi, Francesca Leonori, Patrizia Maiurano, Massimiliano Mastracci, Giordano Maurizi, Alessandro Mirante, Edoardo Mosca, Hadi Mounajed, Federico Naddeo, Claudia Natili, Claudia Pagani, Martina Perris, Beatrice Jlenia Pesce, Emanuela Petrucci, Marco Thomas Piacentini, Stefano Pieretti, Alessandro Pogany, Sofia Prinzi, Beatrice Prosperetti, Franco Recarte, Angelo Roco Ramirez, Luisa Scambia, Chiara Schina, Alessandro Selvaggi, Matteo Serra, Roberto Simeone, Ilaria Soreca, Livia Spanò, Romila Strub, Luz Teran, Claudia Tersigni, Daniele Tricarico, Jessica Trani, Nicolò Troianello, Chern Li Yoong, Giovanna Gavotti Basilj, Gloria Pallocca, Davide Pecoraro, Stefania Presta