Pier Luigi Nervi is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Pier Luigi Nervi as Italian engineer (1891-1979).
Pier Luigi Nervi was born at Sondrio in 1891. His recorded nationality is Italy. He was educated at University of Bologna and Liceo Classico Massimiliano Massimo.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
Pier Luigi Nervi is described as civil engineer, university teacher and architect.
His affiliations include Harvard University and Sapienza University of Rome.
Among his principal works are Norfolk Scope, Stadio Flaminio and Palazzetto dello Sport. The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Working from Italy shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Death came in 1979, at 88. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Notable work: Norfolk Scope
- Notable work: Stadio Flaminio
- Notable work: Palazzetto dello Sport
- Notable work: Stadio Artemio Franchi
- Affiliated with Harvard University and Sapienza University of Rome
- Educated at University of Bologna and Liceo Classico Massimiliano Massimo
- Worked as civil engineer, university teacher and architect
