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Romaldo Giurgola was born on 2 September, 1920 in Rome (or Galatina), Italy, is an American architect. Discover Romaldo Giurgola's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

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Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 2 September, 1920
Birthday 2 September
Birthplace Rome (or Galatina), Italy
Date of death 16 May, 2016
Died Place Canberra, Australia
Nationality Italy

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1920

Romaldo "Aldo" Giurgola AO (2 September 1920 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian academic, architect, professor, and author.

Giurgola was born in Rome, Italy in 1920.

After service in the Italian armed forces during World War II, he was educated at the Sapienza University of Rome.

He studied architecture at the University of Rome, completing the equivalent of a B.Arch.

1949

with honors in 1949.

That same year, he moved to the United States and received a master's degree in architecture from Columbia University.

1954

In 1954, Giurgola accepted a position as an assistant professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.

1957

The first important building of Mitchell/Giurgola was the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center (1957) for the US National Park Service, a building that brought them national attention for three reasons.

It was one of the first NPS visitors' centres that became a building type unto itself.

The design was consonant with a certain aesthetic preoccupation with aviation, flight, technology and space travel of the time, the same zeitgeist that produced Saarinen's TWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

It was seen as a break with strict modernist tenets in its respect for the site and the program, as opposed to what Giurgola called "the imposition of abstract forms".

In Philadelphia, Giurgola had formed a relationship with Louis Kahn, who held similar views.

1958

Shortly thereafter, Giurgola formed Mitchell/Giurgola Architects in Philadelphia with Ehrman B. Mitchell in 1958.

1961

In April 1961 the architectural critic Jan Rowan grouped Giurgola, Kahn, Robert Venturi, George Qualls, Robert Geddes and others, into "The Philadelphia School".

Giurgola published several books on Kahn's work and philosophy.

1966

In 1966, Giurgola became chair of the Columbia University School of Architecture and Planning in New York City, where he opened a second office of the firm.

Giurgola was a professor at Cornell University and at the University of Pennsylvania, before becoming chair of the Columbia Architecture Department in 1966.

He was later named the Ware Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Columbia.

1978

In 1978, he was a Resident in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome.

1980

In 1980 under Giurgola's direction, the firm won an international competition to design a new Australian parliament building.

Giurgola moved to Canberra, Australia to oversee the project.

Giurgola was invited to join the panel of judges for the 1980 international competition for the landmark Australian Parliament House in Canberra.

Instead, he chose to enter the competition.

After winning, Giurgola moved to Australia and practised there.

A resident of Canberra since the 1980s, by 2005 Giurgola had built his own house at Lake Bathurst near Goulburn.

1982

In 1982, he was awarded the AIA Gold Medal by the American Institute of Architects.

In 1982 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1994.

1987

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) honored Giurgola with its Distinguished Professor Award in 1987-88.

1988

He was awarded the RAIA Gold Medal by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 1988.

1989

In 1989, after its completion and official opening in 1988, the Parliament House was recognised with the top award for public architecture in Australia.

In January 1989 he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, "for service to architecture, particularly the new Parliament House, Canberra".

1990

In 1990 Giurgola's second notable Canberra building, the modest St Thomas Aquinas Church in Charnwood opened in 1989, won the RAIA's Canberra Medallion.

2000

He adopted Australian citizenship in January 2000.

The award became substantive when he adopted Australian citizenship in 2000.

2001

In 2001, he was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal, "for service as Principal Architect of the new and permanent Parliament House".

2003

In 2003 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Sydney.

2004

In 2004 his St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, won him Australia's highest architectural award, the RAIA's Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings, which he was first awarded in 1989 for the Parliament House.

2005

The portrait of Romaldo Giurgola painted by Mandy Martin, was gifted by the RAIA to the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra in 2005.