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Swiss legend Luigi Snozzi dies of Covid
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Source: Wojciech Kaczura
Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi, best known for his ‘masterful use’ of exposed concrete and theoretical approach to architecture, has died, aged 88, after contracting Covid-19
Snozzi spent 35 years primarily working in the Swiss canton of Ticino, in particular with the mayor and local community in the mountain town of Monte Carasso, where he drew up a new urban plan and regulatory framework for its development.
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His built work ranged from single family houses to social housing, commercial and public buildings. He also collaborated with other celebrated architects, including Paulo Mendes da Rocha in Brazil and Álvaro Siza in Portugal.
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Acclaimed Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi, one of the main representatives of the so-called Ticinese School of architecture, has died at the age of 88, Swiss media reported Wednesday.
He died of Covid-19 on Tuesday morning in a retirement home in Minusio, in the Italian-speaking southern canton of Ticino, according to public broadcaster RSI.
Snozzi worked mainly locally in Ticino, and was known for his characteristic use of exposed concrete. Any intervention implies destruction, he has been quoted as saying. Destroy consciously, and with joy.
He was part of the Ticinese school, which included the likes of Mario Botta and Livio Vacchini, and promoted the idea of rational architecture.