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Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo exhibited at the Venice Biennial in
2004 and 2008, and was honored by the Royal Institute of British
Architects (RIBA) in 2012. That same year she won a gold medal for her
life's work at the Milan Triennial, and has been nominated twice for the
Mies van der Rohe Prize. Nevertheless, she's still considered an
insider's tip. She lives in Vittoria, a small city in southern Sicily,
where she realizes the majority of her architecture, including many
transformations of historical buildings, single and multiple-family
housing, or projects such as the control tower in Marina di Ragusa.
Grasso Cannizzo's special design methods are based on her analyses of
the urban context and the landscape, as well as her examination of the
specific "story" behind each project. She translates the knowledge
gained into minimal, self-aware, and sometimes radical concepts, which
are ultimately always open to any changes that life and the passage of
time may bring. At the same time, this first comprehensive monograph is
also a conceptual manifesto by Grasso Cannizzo. Collected in a black
box, loose prints provide insight into her most important buildings and
make it possible to see the architect's general design methods.
