Rosario Vernuccio


Rosario Vernuccio, also known as Rino Vernuccio, was an Italian architect, designer and academic.

Life and career

Vernuccio graduated in architecture from the University of Florence in 1953, where, in the same year, he began his teaching career in the Department of Interior Architecture, collaborating with Giuseppe Giorgio Gori. In 1969, he obtained his teaching qualification. From 1980 to 2002, he was a full professor of architectural design at the same faculty.
Vernuccio took part in numerous architectural design competitions, receiving several awards, including: first prize for a middle school in Grosseto ; second and third prize in the RIV International Competition in Turin ; first prize for the furnishing design of the Mostra internazionale dell'artigianato in Florence ; first prize in the VIS Competition in Milan ; and first prize in the Rome competition for a prefabricated middle school.
Among his principal works are the Affrico overpass in Florence, the Grosseto Courthouse, the interior design for the management and offices of the Autostrada A1, and several exhibition installations, including the Exhibition of Gift Objects ; the Le Corbusier exhibition ; and the Exhibition on the Administrative Unification of Italy. In collaboration with Italo Gamberini, Franco Bonaiuti, and Loris Macci, Vernuccio designed the new headquarters of the Florence State Archives in Piazza Beccaria between 1978 and 1982.
He authored numerous scholarly contributions, articles, and studies exploring the relationship between research and architectural design. In 2009, he was appointed an honorary member of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.
Vernuccio died in Florence on 24 March 2023.

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