IBM Headquarters By Massimo Iosa Ghini Associati, Rome, Italy

Born in 1959, Massimo Iosa Ghini studied architecture in Florence and then graduated from Polytechnic Institute of Milan. Today he is considered one of the best known Italian architects and designers on the international scene. Since 1985 he participates at the avant-garde of architecture and Italian design; he founded the cultural movement Bolidism and joined the Memphis group with Ettore Sottsass.
In 1989, in Osaka, he received the keys to the city. In the same year he opened the Iosa Ghini Associates in Milan and Bologna.
Nowadays he holds conferences and lectures in various universities, including the Polytechnic Institute of Milan, the Domus Academy, the University of Rome La Sapienza, the School Elisava of Barcelona, the Design Fachhoschule of Cologne and the Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst in Vienna. Moreover, he teaches from 2007 at the all’MBA of Alma Graduate School of Bologna; and from 2008 he is Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic of Hong Kong.
His works can be found in various museums and private collections. His projects have received important international awards, including the Roscoe Award USA, 1988, the Good Design Award in 2001, 2004, 2009 and 2010 by the Chicago Athenaeum and the Red Dot Award in 2003.