Italian architect and architecture historian Paolo Portoghesi, the first director of the Venice Architecture Biennale, passed away at the age of 92 in Calcata, Italy, as reported by the organization today, Tuesday, May 30.
In 1979, Portoghesi was appointed as the director of the Architecture branch of the Venice Biennale. That same year, he commissioned Aldo Rossi to design the Teatro del Mondo, which was moored on the Punta della Dogana in the San Marco Basin. Performances of the Biennale Teatro, directed by Maurizio Scaparro, were held there.
