In the history of building, Valentina Pistoli is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Valentina Pistoli as Albanian architect (1928-1993).
Valentina Pistoli was born at Korçë in 1928. Her recorded nationality is Albania.
Post-war architecture built at state scale: housing, new towns and civic megastructures, with results that are still being judged.
She is recorded as architect.
Among her best-known works are Tirana International Hotel and Aleksandër Moisiu Theatre. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
That the work was built in Albania shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Valentina Pistoli died in 1993, aged 65. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Tirana International Hotel
- Notable work: Aleksandër Moisiu Theatre
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