(27 January 2017) From Milan to Guatemala City for a special lecture. The Italian Cultural Institute welcomes archcitect Andrea Maffei on Monday January 30. “Building the Dream” was organised by the Francisco Marroquin University in collaboration with the Italian Institute. The Italian architect is working with Arata Isozaki – considered one of the leading Japanese architects in the last few decades of the 20th century – in the CityLife project in Milan. The project consists of the 207 metre Allianz tower soon to be the tallest skyscraper in Italy. The Isozaki Maffei Allianz CityLife Tower was nominated the “2016 Best Tall Buildings Europe Finalist”- an annual award given by the CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat of Chicago). Maffei also contributes to various architectural journals . From 1997 he has published several articles on contemporary Japanese architecture on the journal “Casabella”. He also curated the catalogue “Toyo Ito. Le opera, progetti, gli scritti” (Toyo Ito. Works, projects and writings) published by Electa in 2003. (Red)
