Education
Portoghesi studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Rome, completing his studies in 1957.
Portoghesi studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Rome, completing his studies in 1957.
He is a former President of the architectural section of the Venice Biennale (1979-1992), Editor-in-chief of the journal Controspazio (1969-1983), and dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano university (1968-1978). He began teaching the history of criticism at the same faculty in 1961. Portoghesi opened an architectural practice with architect-engineer Vittorio Gigliotti (born 1921) in Rome in 1964.
He has specialized in teaching and researching Classical architecture, especially Baroque architecture, and in particular Borromini, but also Michelangelo.
This attitude has continued throughout Portoghesi"s career, and is clearly visible in his own architecture. lieutenant is also evident in his concern for the studies of nature, brought to the fore in his more recent book Nature and Architecture (2000).
Lincean Academy.