Designer · Italy · 1928–2021
Umberto Riva
Umberto Riva (1928–2021) – Italian architect and designer from Milan, a student of Carlo Scarpa.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1928–2021
- Country
- Italy
Umberto Riva was born on 16 June 1928 in Milan and died on 25 June 2021 in Palermo. He studied architecture in Venice as a student of Carlo Scarpa, obtaining his degree in 1959, and from 1960 ran a practice in Milan.
His projects included holiday houses in Stintino and Oliveto Lario (1962), the Berrini House in Taino (1967), the C&B workshop in Novedrate (1969) and the Ferrario House in Osmate (1975). In 1985, he presented the Casa Frea project at the Biennale in Paris and the 17th Milan Triennale. He taught in Palermo and Venice, at the Polytechnic University of Milan and in Nancy; from 1999, he was a member of the Accademia di San Luca.
