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Text size Acclaimed Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi, one of the main representatives of the so-called Ticinese School of architecture, has died at the age of 88, Swiss media reported Wednesday. He died of Covid-19 on Tuesday morning in a retirement home in Minusio, in the Italian-speaking southern canton of Ticino, according to public broadcaster RSI. Snozzi worked mainly locally in Ticino, and was known for his characteristic use of exposed concrete. "Any intervention implies destruction," ...

Acclaimed Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi, one of the main representatives of the so-called Ticinese School of architecture, has died at the age of 88, Swiss media reported Wednesday. He died of COVID-19 on Tuesday morning in a retirement home in Minusio, in the Italian-speaking southern canton of Ticino, according to public broadcaster RSI. Snozzi worked mainly locally in Ticino and was known for his characteristic use of exposed concrete.  "Any intervention implies destruction," he has been quo...