What is Vittorio Gregotti?
{{infobox person |birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1927|8|10}} |birth_place = [[Novara]], Italy |image = Vittorio Gregotti - Festival Economia 2016.jpg |caption = Vittorio Gregotti in 2016 |occupation = Architect |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2020|3|15|1927|8|10}} |death_place = [[Milan]], [[Italy]] }} '''Vittorio Gregotti''' (10 August 1927 – 15 March 2020) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[architect]] and [[urbanism|urbanist]]. He was head of the Gregotti Associati studio. His studio has designed several important buildings, such as the [[Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys|Barcelona Olympic Stadium]], the [[Belém Cultural Center]] in [[Lisbon]], the [[Teatro degli Arcimboldi|Arcimboldi Opera Theater]] in [[Milan]] and several university campuses, including that of the [[University of Calabria]]. His studio also designed [[Pujiang, Shanghai|Pujiang New Town]] in [[Shanghai]], China, a [[new town]] with an Italian architectural theme.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Xue |first1=Charlie Q. L. |last2=Zhou |first2=Minghao |year=2007 |title=Importation and adaptation: building one city and nine towns in Shanghai: a case study of Vittorio Gregotti's plan of Pujiang Town |journal=Urban Design International |volume=12 |pages=21–40 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |doi=10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000180 |s2cid=59521258 }}</ref> Gregotti died of [[pneumonia]] caused by [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] at a hospital in [[Milan]] on 15 March 2020, aged 92.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: morto Vittorio Gregotti, maestro dell'architettura del Novecento |url=https://www.corriere.it/cultura/20_marzo_15/morto-vittorio-gregotti-maestro-dell-architettura-novecento-ba9468ca-6699-11ea-a26c-9a66211caeee.shtml |access-date=15 March 2020 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=15 March 2020 |language=it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregotti, Vittorio}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Milan]] [[Category:Italian architects]] [[Ca