Claudio Silvestrin
Despite his distinguished position in the architectural world, Claudio Silvestrin prefers to keep a low profile, avoiding the showiness preferred by many at the top of his profession. The same might be said about his projects which, rather than indulging in the spectacular and hyper-ornate, are understated affairs, serene and meditative. In his own words: “Architecture of contemplation and for our inner self – it is most of all for our soul.”
Highly creative, Claudio Silvestrin was born in 1954, studied under A.G. Fronzoni in Milan and at the Architectural Association in London. His interest in philosophy, his vision, his integrity, clarity of mind, inventiveness and concern for details are reflected in his distinctive architecture: austere but not extreme, contemporary yet timeless, calming but not ascetic, strong but not intimidating, elegant but not ostentatious, simple but not soulless.
Claudio Silvestrin has extensive experience as a visiting professor. In 2013 he was appointed Walton Critic and tutored at the Catholic University of America, in Washington DC.
Claudio Silvestrin is a man of vision, the vast as well as the minute. Creativity is never delegated, his artistic supervision is total. Claudio Silvestrin is not a mere creative: what he creates in his designs, in turn, creates. He stands for difference rather than uniformity, quality rather than quantity, fewer projects rather than many. He is not a business man nor a PR man. He cares, advises, invents, teaches; he inspires. Claudio Silvestrin’s golden touch always adds value to his clients’ projects.
“I do not get out of bed unless I am going to create something exceptionally beautiful.”
Claudio Silvestrin Architects
Claudio Silvestrin Architects was established in 1989 with offices in London and, since 2006, in Milan as well. The work of the practice encompasses real estate developments, resorts, international airport terminals, newly built houses for private residence, art galleries and museums, restaurants, luxury retail stores and furniture design.
Clients include Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Giada, Anish Kapoor, Victoria Miro, Fondazione Sandretto Re-Rebaudengo, YTL Singapore, Illy Coffee, Princi, Rainer Becker of Zuma and internationally acclaimed hip hop artist and producer Kanye West with whom he has had a continuous creative collaboration for over 20 years.
Claudio Silvestrin’s most recent large project is a newly built fashion mall of 40,000 m² in Turin.
He is currently working on the comprehensive architecture and design of the 45,000 m² Bering Terminal Airport in Russia, complete with the Okotan Hotel and Luxury Spa.
Books
2017 Silvestrin, Claudio. Timeless Italian Style: Architecture, Design, Philosophy China-London: Design Media Publishing
2011 Silvestrin, Claudio. The non-materiality of the material. Introduction by Franco Bertoni and afterword by Germano Celant. Turin: Allemandi
2008 Silvestrin, Claudio. Eye Claudio. Preface by Clare Farrow and afterword by Francesco Alberoni. Milan: Viabizzuno
2006 Boisi, Antonella (edited by). ‘Architetture d’Interni: Claudio Silvestrin’, in Interni Magazine, vol. 567, issue 12, December 2006. Milan: Mondadori, pp.2-29
1999 Bertoni, Franco. Claudio Silvestrin. Basel: Birkhäuser
Awards
2023 Global Design News & The Chicago Athenaeum – Prize Designs for Modern Furniture + Lighting®Award 2023
Cosmic Desk by Claudio Silvestrin for Promemoria/Ghianda
2021 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design – Good Design Award 2021
Cosmic Desk by Claudio Silvestrin for Promemoria/Ghianda
2020 Iconic Awards 2020 – Innovative Architecture
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
Terra Cast Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2019 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design – Good Design Award 2019
Terra Cast Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2019 24° Mapic Awards – Best Outlet Centre
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
2019 A’ Design Award – Bronze Award
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
2018 Designer Kitchen and Bathroom Awards – Mark Wilkinson Award for Lifetime Achievement
2018 Designer Kitchen and Bathroom Awards – Editor’s Product of the Year
Terra Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2016 LEAF Award (Leading European Architecture Forum)
Cannon Lane House, London
2014 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Award
Rocca Sinibalda Castle, Italy
2013 FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2011 South East Asia Property Awards, Best Architectural Design
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2009 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Award
Victoria Miro Private Collection Space, London
2009 CNBC Asia-Pacific Property Awards,
Best Development
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2008 Archip,
Domus Russia Magazine Award
P Penthouse, Montecarlo
2008 Best Communicator Award
La Cava, a stone installation for Il Casone at Marmomacc, Verona
2005 Wallpaper Magazine Design Awards
Terra Kitchen for Minotti Cucine
2005 Travel+Leisure Magazine Design Awards
Princi Bakery XXV Aprile, Milan
2005 International Award Architecture in Stone
Giorgio Armani Worldwide Image
2003 Gold Medal award for Italian Architecture at the Triennale in Milan
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
profile
Claudio Silvestrin
Despite his distinguished position in the architectural world, Claudio Silvestrin prefers to keep a low profile, avoiding the showiness preferred by many at the top of his profession. The same might be said about his projects which, rather than indulging in the spectacular and hyper-ornate, are understated affairs, serene and meditative. In his own words: “Architecture of contemplation and for our inner self – it is most of all for our soul.”
Highly creative, Claudio Silvestrin was born in 1954, studied under A.G. Fronzoni in Milan and at the Architectural Association in London. His interest in philosophy, his vision, his integrity, clarity of mind, inventiveness and concern for details are reflected in his distinctive architecture: austere but not extreme, contemporary yet timeless, calming but not ascetic, strong but not intimidating, elegant but not ostentatious, simple but not soulless.
Claudio Silvestrin has extensive experience as a visiting professor. In 2013 he was appointed Walton Critic and tutored at the Catholic University of America, in Washington DC.
Claudio Silvestrin is a man of vision, the vast as well as the minute. Creativity is never delegated, his artistic supervision is total. Claudio Silvestrin is not a mere creative: what he creates in his designs, in turn, creates. He stands for difference rather than uniformity, quality rather than quantity, fewer projects rather than many. He is not a business man nor a PR man. He cares, advises, invents, teaches; he inspires. Claudio Silvestrin’s golden touch always adds value to his clients’ projects.
“I do not get out of bed unless I am going to create something exceptionally beautiful.”
Claudio Silvestrin Architects
Claudio Silvestrin Architects was established in 1989 with offices in London and, since 2006, in Milan as well. The work of the practice encompasses real estate developments, resorts, international airport terminals, newly built houses for private residence, art galleries and museums, restaurants, luxury retail stores and furniture design.
Clients include Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Giada, Anish Kapoor, Victoria Miro, Fondazione Sandretto Re-Rebaudengo, YTL Singapore, Illy Coffee, Princi, Rainer Becker of Zuma and internationally acclaimed hip hop artist and producer Kanye West with whom he has had a continuous creative collaboration for over 20 years.
Claudio Silvestrin’s most recent large project is a newly built fashion mall of 40,000 m² in Turin.
He is currently working on the comprehensive architecture and design of the 45,000 m² Bering Terminal Airport in Russia, complete with the Okotan Hotel and Luxury Spa.
Books
2017 Silvestrin, Claudio. Timeless Italian Style: Architecture, Design, Philosophy China-London: Design Media Publishing
2011 Silvestrin, Claudio. The non-materiality of the material. Introduction by Franco Bertoni and afterword by Germano Celant. Turin: Allemandi
2008 Silvestrin, Claudio. Eye Claudio. Preface by Clare Farrow and afterword by Francesco Alberoni. Milan: Viabizzuno
2006 Boisi, Antonella (edited by). ‘Architetture d’Interni: Claudio Silvestrin’, in Interni Magazine, vol. 567, issue 12, December 2006. Milan: Mondadori, pp.2-29
1999 Bertoni, Franco. Claudio Silvestrin. Basel: Birkhäuser
Awards
2023 Global Design News & The Chicago Athenaeum – Prize Designs for Modern Furniture + Lighting®Award 2023
Cosmic Desk by Claudio Silvestrin for Promemoria/Ghianda
2021 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design – Good Design Award 2021
Cosmic Desk by Claudio Silvestrin for Promemoria/Ghianda
2020 Iconic Awards 2020 – Innovative Architecture
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
Terra Cast Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2019 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design – Good Design Award 2019
Terra Cast Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2019 24° Mapic Awards – Best Outlet Centre
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
2019 A’ Design Award – Bronze Award
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
2018 Designer Kitchen and Bathroom Awards – Mark Wilkinson Award for Lifetime Achievement
2018 Designer Kitchen and Bathroom Awards – Editor’s Product of the Year
Terra Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2016 LEAF Award (Leading European Architecture Forum)
Cannon Lane House, London
2014 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Award
Rocca Sinibalda Castle, Italy
2013 FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2011 South East Asia Property Awards, Best Architectural Design
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2009 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Award
Victoria Miro Private Collection Space, London
2009 CNBC Asia-Pacific Property Awards,
Best Development
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2008 Archip,
Domus Russia Magazine Award
P Penthouse, Montecarlo
2008 Best Communicator Award
La Cava, a stone installation for Il Casone at Marmomacc, Verona
2005 Wallpaper Magazine Design Awards
Terra Kitchen for Minotti Cucine
2005 Travel+Leisure Magazine Design Awards
Princi Bakery XXV Aprile, Milan
2005 International Award Architecture in Stone
Giorgio Armani Worldwide Image
2003 Gold Medal award for Italian Architecture at the Triennale in Milan
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
profile
Claudio Silvestrin
Despite his distinguished position in the architectural world, Claudio Silvestrin prefers to keep a low profile, avoiding the showiness preferred by many at the top of his profession. The same might be said about his projects which, rather than indulging in the spectacular and hyper-ornate, are understated affairs, serene and meditative. In his own words: “Architecture of contemplation and for our inner self – it is most of all for our soul.”
Highly creative, Claudio Silvestrin was born in 1954, studied under A.G. Fronzoni in Milan and at the Architectural Association in London. His interest in philosophy, his vision, his integrity, clarity of mind, inventiveness and concern for details are reflected in his distinctive architecture: austere but not extreme, contemporary yet timeless, calming but not ascetic, strong but not intimidating, elegant but not ostentatious, simple but not soulless.
Claudio Silvestrin has extensive experience as a visiting professor. In 2013 he was appointed Walton Critic and tutored at the Catholic University of America, in Washington DC.
Claudio Silvestrin is a man of vision, the vast as well as the minute. Creativity is never delegated, his artistic supervision is total. Claudio Silvestrin is not a mere creative: what he creates in his designs, in turn, creates. He stands for difference rather than uniformity, quality rather than quantity, fewer projects rather than many. He is not a business man nor a PR man. He cares, advises, invents, teaches; he inspires. Claudio Silvestrin’s golden touch always adds value to his clients’ projects.
“I do not get out of bed unless I am going to create something exceptionally beautiful.”
Claudio Silvestrin Architects
Claudio Silvestrin Architects was established in 1989 with offices in London and, since 2006, in Milan as well. The work of the practice encompasses real estate developments, resorts, international airport terminals, newly built houses for private residence, art galleries and museums, restaurants, luxury retail stores and furniture design.
Clients include Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Giada, Anish Kapoor, Victoria Miro, Fondazione Sandretto Re-Rebaudengo, YTL Singapore, Illy Coffee, Princi, Rainer Becker of Zuma and internationally acclaimed hip hop artist and producer Kanye West with whom he has had a continuous creative collaboration for over 20 years.
Claudio Silvestrin’s most recent large project is a newly built fashion mall of 40,000 m² in Turin.
He is currently working on the comprehensive architecture and design of the 45,000 m² Bering Terminal Airport in Russia, complete with the Okotan Hotel and Luxury Spa.
Books
2017 Silvestrin, Claudio. Timeless Italian Style: Architecture, Design, Philosophy China-London: Design Media Publishing
2011 Silvestrin, Claudio. The non-materiality of the material. Introduction by Franco Bertoni and afterword by Germano Celant. Turin: Allemandi
2008 Silvestrin, Claudio. Eye Claudio. Preface by Clare Farrow and afterword by Francesco Alberoni. Milan: Viabizzuno
2006 Boisi, Antonella (edited by). ‘Architetture d’Interni: Claudio Silvestrin’, in Interni Magazine, vol. 567, issue 12, December 2006. Milan: Mondadori, pp.2-29
1999 Bertoni, Franco. Claudio Silvestrin. Basel: Birkhäuser
Awards
2023 Global Design News & The Chicago Athenaeum – Prize Designs for Modern Furniture + Lighting®Award 2023
Cosmic Desk by Claudio Silvestrin for Promemoria/Ghianda
2021 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design – Good Design Award 2021
Cosmic Desk by Claudio Silvestrin for Promemoria/Ghianda
2020 Iconic Awards 2020 – Innovative Architecture
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
Terra Cast Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2019 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design – Good Design Award 2019
Terra Cast Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2019 24° Mapic Awards – Best Outlet Centre
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
2019 A’ Design Award – Bronze Award
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
2018 Designer Kitchen and Bathroom Awards – Mark Wilkinson Award for Lifetime Achievement
2018 Designer Kitchen and Bathroom Awards – Editor’s Product of the Year
Terra Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2016 LEAF Award (Leading European Architecture Forum)
Cannon Lane House, London
2014 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Award
Rocca Sinibalda Castle, Italy
2013 FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2011 South East Asia Property Awards, Best Architectural Design
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2009 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Award
Victoria Miro Private Collection Space, London
2009 CNBC Asia-Pacific Property Awards,
Best Development
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2008 Archip,
Domus Russia Magazine Award
P Penthouse, Montecarlo
2008 Best Communicator Award
La Cava, a stone installation for Il Casone at Marmomacc, Verona
2005 Wallpaper Magazine Design Awards
Terra Kitchen for Minotti Cucine
2005 Travel+Leisure Magazine Design Awards
Princi Bakery XXV Aprile, Milan
2005 International Award Architecture in Stone
Giorgio Armani Worldwide Image
2003 Gold Medal award for Italian Architecture at the Triennale in Milan
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
profile
profile
Claudio Silvestrin
Despite his distinguished position in the architectural world, Claudio Silvestrin prefers to keep a low profile, avoiding the showiness preferred by many at the top of his profession. The same might be said about his projects which, rather than indulging in the spectacular and hyper-ornate, are understated affairs, serene and meditative. In his own words: “Architecture of contemplation and for our inner self – it is most of all for our soul.”
Highly creative, Claudio Silvestrin was born in 1954, studied under A.G. Fronzoni in Milan and at the Architectural Association in London. His interest in philosophy, his vision, his integrity, clarity of mind, inventiveness and concern for details are reflected in his distinctive architecture: austere but not extreme, contemporary yet timeless, calming but not ascetic, strong but not intimidating, elegant but not ostentatious, simple but not soulless.
Claudio Silvestrin has extensive experience as a visiting professor. In 2013 he was appointed Walton Critic and tutored at the Catholic University of America, in Washington DC.
Claudio Silvestrin is a man of vision, the vast as well as the minute. Creativity is never delegated, his artistic supervision is total. Claudio Silvestrin is not a mere creative: what he creates in his designs, in turn, creates. He stands for difference rather than uniformity, quality rather than quantity, fewer projects rather than many. He is not a business man nor a PR man. He cares, advises, invents, teaches; he inspires. Claudio Silvestrin’s golden touch always adds value to his clients’ projects.
“I do not get out of bed unless I am going to create something exceptionally beautiful.”
Claudio Silvestrin Architects was established in 1989 with offices in London and, since 2006, in Milan as well. The work of the practice encompasses real estate developments, resorts, international airport terminals, newly built houses for private residence, art galleries and museums, restaurants, luxury retail stores and furniture design.
Clients include Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Giada, Anish Kapoor, Victoria Miro, Fondazione Sandretto Re-Rebaudengo, YTL Singapore, Illy Coffee, Princi, Rainer Becker of Zuma and internationally acclaimed hip hop artist and producer Kanye West with whom he has had a continuous creative collaboration for over 20 years.
Claudio Silvestrin’s most recent large project is a newly built fashion mall of 40,000 m² in Turin.
He is currently working on the comprehensive architecture and design of the 45,000 m² Bering Terminal Airport in Russia, complete with the Okotan Hotel and Luxury Spa.
Books
2017 Silvestrin, Claudio. Timeless Italian Style: Architecture, Design, Philosophy China-London: Design Media Publishing
2011 Silvestrin, Claudio. The non-materiality of the material. Introduction by Franco Bertoni and afterword by Germano Celant. Turin: Allemandi
2008 Silvestrin, Claudio. Eye Claudio. Preface by Clare Farrow and afterword by Francesco Alberoni. Milan: Viabizzuno
2006 Boisi, Antonella (edited by). ‘Architetture d’Interni: Claudio Silvestrin’, in Interni Magazine, vol. 567, issue 12, December 2006. Milan: Mondadori, pp.2-29
1999 Bertoni, Franco. Claudio Silvestrin. Basel: Birkhäuser
Awards
2023 Global Design News & The Chicago Athenaeum – Prize Designs for Modern Furniture + Lighting®Award 2023
Cosmic Desk by Claudio Silvestrin for Promemoria/Ghianda
2021 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design – Good Design Award 2021
Cosmic Desk by Claudio Silvestrin for Promemoria/Ghianda
2020 Iconic Awards 2020 – Innovative Architecture
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
Terra Cast Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2019 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design – Good Design Award 2019
Terra Cast Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2019 24° Mapic Awards – Best Outlet Centre
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
2019 A’ Design Award – Bronze Award
Torino Outlet Village, Italy
2018 Designer Kitchen and Bathroom Awards – Mark Wilkinson Award for Lifetime Achievement
2018 Designer Kitchen and Bathroom Awards – Editor’s Product of the Year
Terra Bronze Kitchen by Claudio Silvestrin for Minotti Cucine
2016 LEAF Award (Leading European Architecture Forum)
Cannon Lane House, London
2014 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Award
Rocca Sinibalda Castle, Italy
2013 FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2011 South East Asia Property Awards, Best Architectural Design
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2009 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Award
Victoria Miro Private Collection Space, London
2009 CNBC Asia-Pacific Property Awards,
Best Development
Sandy Island Housing Development, Sentosa, Singapore
2008 Archip,
Domus Russia Magazine Award
P Penthouse, Montecarlo
2008 Best Communicator Award
La Cava, a stone installation for Il Casone at Marmomacc, Verona
2005 Wallpaper Magazine Design Awards
Terra Kitchen for Minotti Cucine
2005 Travel+Leisure Magazine Design Awards
Princi Bakery XXV Aprile, Milan
2005 International Award Architecture in Stone
Giorgio Armani Worldwide Image
2003 Gold Medal award for Italian Architecture at the Triennale in Milan
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin