Antonio Perazzi

Antonio Perazzi (born 26 January 1969) is an Italian garden designer, landscape architect, botanist, writer and journalist. He is an expert in naturalistic and ecological garden.

Biography Antonio Perazzi specialized in garden and landscape architecture at Politecnico di Milano and at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. In 1998 he opened his studio and he signed projects as well as having offered advice to architectural and engineering companies, collaborating with Michele de Lucchi, Ettore Sottsass, Antonio Citterio, Franco Zagari, Park Associati, OBR, Tekne S.p.A., Cecchi & Lima Architetti Associati.

He was involved in public and private projects in Italy and abroad, among all: the two public parks of Via Brisa e Via Ovada in Milan, Triennale di Milano roof garden, Amagioia garden at Palazzo Varignana, part of the circuit Grandi Giardini Italiani, public spaces of Kaylan Mart mall, in Jaipur, India, landscape advice for Turin–Lyon high-speed railway. He has been invited to international exhibitions: Venice Biennale of Architecture, Festival international des jardins de Chaumont-sur-Loire, Avant gardeners exhibition at Tate Gallery, London, Féstival International des Jardins de Métis, at Redford garden, Grand-Métis, Quebec, Canada.

He was adjunct professor at Politecnico di Milano and held lectures and workshops in Italian and foreign faculties and "Foraverde" for Maestri di Giardino, with a preface of Gilles Clément; He monthly signs "Bustine di paesaggio" a column on the magazine Gardenia.

Main projects

2015-2015 Triennale di Milano roof garden, Milan, Italy.

Prizes and honors

In 2009 he was selected as one of the world's most talented designers of public and private spaces in the book "Avant Gardeners: 50 Visionaries of the Contemporary Landscape". In 2001, he was selected for the first Martini Prize for Landscape architecture, Villa Oliva-Buonvisi, San Pancrazio, Lucca, with the project "Il giardino del giardiniere". with a preface by Gilles Clément; He monthly signs "Bustine di paesaggio" a column on the magazine Gardenia, Cairo Communication.