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Brunella Angeli

Architectural history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., architecture, Politecnico di Milano
  • M.Arch., architecture, Politecnico di Milano
  • B.A., architecture, University of Parma

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Professor of architecture, Sept. 2022—present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Lecturer, Jan. 2017–Sept. 2022, University of California Davis
    Lecturer, conception, development and responsibility for content, delivery, and assessment.
  • Instructor, Oct. 2010–Oct. 2014, Politecnico de Milaon
    Formulated and delivered thematic lessons on the history, theory, and practice of contemporary architecture in Europe and the U.S. from 18th to late 20th centuries.
  • Invited critic, 2011–13, Kent State University Abroad Program, Florence, Italy

Professional experience

  • Architect, 2018–22, Valenti + Zuliani Architectural Office, Miami, FL and Milan, Italy
  • Designer, 2010–11, Max Mara s.r.l., Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Layout design of visual and merchandising set up of showrooms; conceptual, graphic and technical drawings; visual merchandising book post production; images, text editing and translation; coordinate trade shows and special events; suppliers research; materials research.
  • Designer, 2008–10, Domusnova s.r.l., Milan, Italy
    Second and third design of interior and furnishing projects for corporate and private customers, concept and development of new furniture collections, and support to graphical planning.

Editorial experience

  • Translator, 2020–present, Scripta Maneant s.r.l., Bologna, Italy
    Italian-English translations for the art and architecture book series.
  • Editor, Sept. 2016–Sept. 2020, The Plan Journal
    Substantive editing, stylistic editing, copy editing, proofreading, relationships with authors, journal representation at events.
  • Freelance journalist, writer, and editor, June 2009–Sept. 2016
    Wrote and edited articles via monthly editorial collaboration, reviewed contributions from editors, scheduled weekly timeline, and formulated themes and issues.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Selected project “"Special Prize (Re)Design School with New Generations post COVID-19," design group: R. Zuliani, M. Valenti, B. Angeli, Italian Architect Edition, National Council of Architects, Urban Designers, Landscapers and Conservationist (CNAPPC), 2020
  • Full grant, CISA Palladio course "Palladio in Time: Models, Activities, Reception," Oct. 2020
  • Scholarship, Master in New Entertainment Design, Poli.DESIGN, Milan, Italy, 2008
  • Honorable Mention, "Sala Ex-Borsa Merci" (Ex-Stock-Market Hall), Design Competition, Chamber of Commerce, Parma, Italy, 2005

Organizations

  • Registered architect, Board of Architects, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • Docent volunteer, California Historical Society
  • Member, Slow Food International
  • Member, Society of Architectural Historians
  • Member, College of Art Association
  • Returning officer, Provincia di Reggio Emilia

Publications and presentations

Selected lectures and presentations

  • "A Tonic to the Nation," panelist at the 109th College Art Association Annual Conference on Climate Change, online, Feb. 2021.
  • "Leonardo and the Americas," seminar organization at University of California, Davis, online, Nov. 2020.
  • "Identities in the Age of Uncertainties," panelist at the Euroacademia International Conference, Lucca, Italy, June 2018.
  • "Milan 2015: from the Celtic foundation to Expo 2015," presented at Italian Institute of Culture, San Francisco, CA, May 2018.
  • "Pietro Derossi. The Adventure of the Project I L'avventura def Progetto," presented at Politecnico di Milano, School of Civil Architecture, Milan, Italy, June 2013.

Selected books, edited and translated volumes

  • "Manierismo in Italia/Mannerism in Italy," eds. Alessandra Bigi lotti and Giulio Zavatta. Trans. Brunella Angeli. Bologna: Scripta Maneant, 2020.
  • "The 2015 Guide to Europe's Top 100 Schools of Architecture and Design," eds. Spartaco Paris and Brunella Angeli, DOMUS, Milan: Editoriale Domus S.P.A., 2014.
  • "L'archivio di Prospero Sorgato. Un architetto del pubblico," eds. Andrea Zamboni, Laura Gasparini and Brunella Angeli. Reggio Emilia: Biblioteca Panizzi Edizioni, 2013.
  • "L'avventura del progetto. L'architettura come conoscenza, esperienza, racconto," ed. Brunella Angeli. Milan: Franco Angeli, 2012.
  • "CittaEmilia: the Kent State Forum on the City," eds. Maurizio Sabini and Carlo QuintelIi. Text and image ed. Angeli, B. Florence: Alinea, 2012.

Selected journal articles and book chapters

  • With Zuliani R. "L'École Porouse. A Project for an Innovative School," THE PLAN JOURNAL 3 (7), p. 97-725, 2018.
  • "A 'Third Space' in the City: Multifunctional Complex Sunset-La Cienega in Los Angeles," THE PLAN, vol. 702, p. 86-96, 2017.
  • "Reinterpreting Tradition," THE PLAN, vol. 96, p. 94-704, 2017.
  • "Complex Solutions for Complex Problems," THE PLAN, vol. 95, p. 82-92, 2017.
  • "San Francisco Museum of Modern Art," ICON, vol. 775, p. 74-79, 2017.
  • "The Transformative Power of Urbanism. The Urban Age Conference, Venice Biennale (July 2016)," THE PLAN JOURNAL l (7). p.179-728, 2016.
  • "Entres Catedrales (2000–2009)," GIZMO, 2014.
  • "Centro Parrocchiale Santa Maria in Zivido," in Marco Biraghi, Gabriella Lo Ricco, Silvia Micheli eds., "Guida all'architettura di Milano 1954–2014," p. 778, Milano: Hoepli, 2013.
  • "Palais Stoclet, Bruxelles," in Marco Biraghi, Alberto Ferlenga eds., "Architettura del Novecento. Opere, progetti, luoghi," vol. Ill, p. 363-368, Turin: Giulio Einaudi editore, 2013.

Selected curatorial experiences

  • "L'archivio di Prospero Sorgato. Un architetto del pubblico," co-curator, Panizzi Library, Raggio Emilia, Italy, Sept. 2013.
  • "Pier Luigi Nervi. Architecture as a challenge," co-curator, Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy, Sept.–Nov. 2012.
  • "The Architecture You Like," co-curator, MAXXI MUSEUM, Rome, Italy, Feb.–April 2010.