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Pier Luigi Nervi

Born: 1891 | Sondrio, Italy

Died: 1979 | Rome Italy

Awards: Wilhelm Exner Medal (1957), AIA Gold Medal (1964)

Projects: Hanger in Orvieto, Olympic Stadium in Rome, UNESCO Headquarters Paris

Palazzetto Dello Sport, Rome, Italy (1956-1957)

Palazzetto Dello Sport by Pier Luigi Nervi © InfoSearcher999 CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Chiesa di San Marcellino (Church of Saint Marcellinus), Genova, Italy (1933-1935)

Chiesa di San Marcellino by Pier Luigi Nervi © Alessandro Tacchino CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, California (1967-1971)

Saint Mary’s Cathedral by Pietro Belluschi with Pier Luigi Nervi © Franco Folini CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence, Italy (1933-1940)

Manifattura Tabacchi by Pier Luigi Nervi and Giovanni Bartoli © Laura Viviani CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Dartmouth College Leverone Field House, Hanover, New Hampshire (1962-1965)

Leverone Field House by Pier Luigi Nervi © Gunnar Klack CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons