AVATAR ARCHITETTURA is an italian office for architecture and industrial design founded in 2001 by Nicola Santini and Pier Paolo Taddei. AVATAR ARCHITETTURA, with over ten years of experience in design services, strengthened it's professionalism in guaranteeing environmental mainstreaming for all developed projects from concept to final realization. In order to ensure the highest environmental and
economic performances of its projects, AVATAR ARCHITETTURA works in partnership with the think-tank IHDNETWORK , a group of Natural Resource Management and Green Technology practitioners and academics working worldwide in the field of Environmental management. The office's work is been published and shown internationally at three venice Biennales from 2004 to 2008, at The 1st Architectural Biennial Beijing China 2004, at 9th Venice Biennale 2004, at Festival Architecture Vives/Paris France 2004, at Biennale Internazionale Design S. It is one of the twenty Italian Architects selected to participate at Italian Pavillion at 10° Venice Architecture Biennale 2006 (with the contribution of Yona Friedman). Recent projects: Renovation of Uffizi Library, Recycled furniture for Centrostudi Poltronova and Kann Design, Green housing in Beirut, Recycled pallet art pavillion in Florence, Housing in Croatia, Exhibit design for Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Green Up rooftop green system, Recycled Furniture for Shouf Cedar Reserve Eco shop, AVATAR ARCHITETTURA cooperates with Peter T. Lang for the “Elasticity” projects, with Jelena Zanchi for croatian projects and with Charbel Maskineh for Middle East projects. Nicola Santini holds Academic Degree and a Phd in Architecture and Urban Design, teaches installation-exhibition design, architectural and urban design at several Universities in Italy and abroad and he runs workshops and gives lectures in Rome, Paris, Bogotà, Wien, Beirut. Pier Paolo Taddei is the director of GRID #, a space for architecture, design, graphic design, and art and he is the art director for Re-vaule project of of Centro studi Poltronova.