Mario Bellini

Design

Architecture

• Milan Convention Centre, Europe’s largest convention centre, 2008-2012
• Museum of Islamic Arts at Louvre Museum, Paris, 2005-2012
• Museum of the City of Bologna, Italy, 2004-2012
• Urban redevelopment “Verona Forum”, Verona, Italy, 2004–2011
• Radical refurbishment of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, 2007–2011
• National Gallery of Victoria extension and redevelopment, Melbourne, Australia, 1996–2003
• Essen International Fair Extension, Germany, 1998–2001
• Natuzzi Americas Headquarters, High Point, North Carolina, USA, 1996–1998
• Arsoa Co./Cosmetics- Headquarters, Yamanashi, Japan, 1996–1998
• New fair district of the Milan Trade Fair, 1987–1997
• Risonare Vivre Club Complex, Kobuchizawa, Japan, 1989–1992
• Tokyo Design Center, Tokyo, Japan, 1988–1992
• Yokohama Business Park, Yokohama, Japan, 1987–1991
• Villa Erba Exhibition and Congress Centre, Cernobbio, 1986–1990
• Thermoelectric power plant of Cassano d’Adda-Office building, 1985–1990

• Architectural project of a large Scientific-Technological Park at Erzelli Hill, Genoa, Italy, 2005
• Extension and redevelopment of the Pinacoteca di Brera Milan, 2009
• New Cultural Centre of Turin, 2001

• New Museum of the city of Berlin, Germany, 2008
• Sheikh Zayed National Museum International Competition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2007
• European Patent Office, L’Aja, Holland, 2004
• Cittanova 2000, Modena, Italy, 2003
• Redevelopment of the City Centre of Tian Jin, China, 2003
• Banca CR Firenze-New H.Q., Italy, 2003
• New International Trade Fair of Milan – Rho/Pero, Milan, 2002
• Multifunctional Complex “MAB. Zeil Project”, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002
• Stolitza Towers, Moscow, 1996
• Dubai Creek Complex, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1994
• Goshikidai Marine Resort, Japan, 1993

  Exhibitions

• "The Treasure of St. Marco in Venice", Grand Palais, Paris, and the major museums around the world, 1984–87
• "Italian Art in the 20th Century", Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1989
• "The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo. The Representation of Architecture", Palazzo Grassi, Venice, then in Paris and Berlin, 1994–95
• "The Triumphs of Baroque. Architecture in Europe 1600-1750", Stupinigi Hunting Palace, Turin, 1999
• "Christopher Dresser. A designer at the Court of Queen Victoria", Triennale, Milan, 2001
• “Annisettanta. Il decennio lungo del secolo breve”, Triennale, 2007–2008
• “Magnificenza e Progetto” Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2008–2009

  Major personal exhibitions

• In 1987, the Museum of Modern Art in New York organised the exhibition “Mario Bellini: designer”, the first great retrospective on a living artist
• In 1996, the Royal Institute of British Architects held an exhibition of Bellini’s work as an architect
• In 2000, the Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art of Trento, Italy held a personal show “Mario Bellini: a path between architecture, furniture and cars”
• In December 2003, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne reopened with a major exhibition on his work.