Umberto Riva

Born in Milan in 1928, he graduated university in ‘59 and began his professional career in ’60. He has worked on every scale, from urban spaces to buildings, from landscape architecture to interiors, from installations to product design. In 1998 he was named a fellow of the Accademia di San Luca, and in 2003 he won the gold medal for architecture from the Triennale di Milano.