Bosco Verticale by Stefano Boeri “2015 Best Tall Building Worldwide”

Stefano Boeri Architetti (previously, Boeri Studio) is an architecture practice based in Milan, Shanghai and Tirana, led by Stefano Boeri, and dedicated to research and design in architecture and urban planning since 1993. Together with Stefano Boeri, the studio’s Partners are Francesca Cesa Bianchi (from 2019), Marco Giorgio (from 2019) and Pietro Chiodi (from 2023). The firm’s Directors are Hana Hosi Narvaez Bautista, Livia Sharmir (Research Department) and Corrado Longa (Urban Planning Department).

Together with master plans and urban planning in various cities, the studio is currently working on numerous architectural projects, including the Tower of Cedars (Lausanne), Balcon sur Paris (Paris), Wonderwoods (Utrecht, under construction) and the redevelopment of the San Cristoforo district in Milan with the Bosconavigli project. The studio’s recent professional developments include projects such as the set design of Euripides’ ‘The Trojan Women’ at the Greek Theatre in Syracuse (2018); the new entrance to the Domus Aurea in Rome (2021); the staging of the exhibition ‘Chi è di Scena! Cento anni di spettacoli a Ostia Antica (1922-2022)’ at the Ostia Antica Archaeological Park (2022); the Masterplan for the South Coast of Salerno – with the territorial redevelopment of the area of the archaeological site of Paestum – and the requalification and valorisation of the Amphitheatre and the Roman baths in Durazzo – testify to Stefano Boeri Architetti’s growing care and attention towards the international archaeological heritage and its cultural, tourist and environmental enhacement.

The studio has received numerous international awards: the Bosco Verticale, the new symbol of Milan and of biodiversity in architecture, was named best building in the world by the CTBUH (Chicago) and received the award for best skyscraper by the DAM in Frankfurt. In addition, the firm received the official award of Professional Leadership in Biodiversity in Architecture from the US Green Building Council (2020).

Stefano Boeri, born in Milan in 1956, is a Milan-based architect and, since June 2011, the Councillor for Culture, Design, and Fashion for the Municipality of Milan. From 2004 to 2007, he was editor-in-chief of the international magazine Domus, and from 2007 to 2011, of Abitare. He is a professor of Urban Design at the Politecnico di Milano and has been a visiting professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design, MIT, the Berlage Institute, and the Architectural Association, among others. Since 2007, he has directed the international architecture festival Festarch. He recently curated “Calling São Paulo,” a project on informal settlements promoted by the São Paulo Housing Secretariat.

He is a professor of Urban Planning at the Politecnico di Milano and directs the Future City Lab at Tongji University in Shanghai, a postdoctoral research program focused on the transformation of global metropolises from the perspective of biodiversity and urban forestry. He has been a visiting professor at institutions such as Harvard GSD, EPFL, the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, and the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio. He is president of the Scientific Committee of Forestami, the urban forestry project for the Milan metropolitan area, and has presided over the Triennale Milano since 2018.