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Swiss legend Luigi Snozzi dies of Covid 1/4 Luigi Snozzi Source: Source: Source: Wojciech Kaczura Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi, best known for his ‘masterful use’ of exposed concrete and theoretical approach to architecture, has died, aged 88, after contracting Covid-19 Snozzi spent 35 years primarily working in the Swiss canton of Ticino, in particular with the mayor and local community in the mountain town of Monte Carasso, where he drew up a new urban plan and regulatory framework for its development. Advertisement His built work ranged from single family houses to social housing, ...

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," he has been quoted as saying. "Destroy consciously, and with joy." He was part of the Ticinese schoo...

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 quoted as saying. "Destroy consciously, and with joy."  He was part of the Ticinese school, which incl...

Ticino architect Luigi Snozzi dies Luigi Snozzi in 1996 Keystone / Str Luigi Snozzi, considered the leader of the so-called new Ticino school of architecture, has died aged 88 in Minusio, southern Switzerland. This content was published on December 30, 2020 - 17:02 December 30, 2020 - 17:02 swissinfo.ch/ts Snozzi died on Tuesday at the Casa Rea old people’s home in Minusio, according to Swiss public radioExternal link, RSI. The cause of death was Covid-19. Born in Mendrisio in 1932, Snozzi graduated from the federal technology institute ETH Zurich. He worked in Locarno (1958), Zurich (1975-...