Raul Barbieri

Raul Barbieri was born in Milan in 1946. After having taken his degree in Architecture at Milan's Polytechnic, he started to work initially as a professional associate; in 1989 he founded his own practice in Milan which specialised in design, corporate identity and architectural planning.
The design and realisation of a neighbourhood of semi-detached houses in Milan - in the Città Studi area -, which in 1999 was presented in London on the occasion of the exhibition 'Golden Compass ADI Architectural Design', date back to this period.
Barbieri has co-operated with various design schools and has held short courses on design at the 'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, LES ATELIERS' of Paris and the European Design Institute of Milan. He has had a long-standing co-operation with ADI, the Association for Industrial Design in his capacity as co-ordinator of the department of designers.
Many of his designs have been awarded prizes or selected in major international design competitions.