Italian architect and Fulbright scholar at SCI-Arc in 1999, Paola Giaconia worked with such architectural offices as Morphosis and RoTo in Los Angeles. She is author of the book Los Angeles. Cittą unica (released by Testo&Immagine in 2001), co-editor (with Marco Brizzi) of BEYOND MEDIA 02 and INTIMACY, catalogues of the 6th and 7th Florence festival of architecture in video, and curator of the SPOT ON SCHOOLS exhibit (Florence, 2003).


NEWS!!! The new monograph on Eric Owen Moss by Paola Giaconia has just been released by the publisher Skira


lecture: Presentation of the book Eric Owen Moss. The Uncertainty of Doing at MAXXI in Rome, November 7, 2007. book: Marco Brizzi, Paola Giaconia (eds.), INTIMACY, Mandragora, Firenze 2004. portfolio: NEMBRO (2004). Design competition for a bike path and bridge between Nembro and Gavarno, Italy (1st prize) article: Paola Giaconia, Residenze universitarie a Toronto, Canada/University of Toronto, Graduate Student Housing, Canada, in "L'industria delle costruzioni" n. 369, Jan.-Feb. 2003, pp. 38-47.
portfolio: URBAN CENTER FIRENZE (2004). Competition for the new Urban Center in Florence, Italy (special mention) portfolio: NEWCITY PARK (1999). Competition for the Design of Cities organized by the CCA (Centre Canadien d’Architecture) for a 16-block area in Manhattan. Project by mOrphosis (collaboration) exhibit: THE TREASURE ISLANDS, SESV gallery, Firenze, Italy portfolio: MOLTISOLITUDE (2003). Installation "Moltisolitude" in the exhibit "Deep Inside", Stazione Leopolda, Spazio Alcatraz, Firenze
portfolio: SURFACE AS ULTRASKIN (2002). International competition. Theme: Surface. From architecture to fashion (special mention) portfolio: BOLZANO (2004). Competition for a new library in Bolzano, Italy book: Paola Giaconia, Eric Owen Moss. The Uncertainty of Doing, Skira, milano 2006. portfolio: LA PLAZA (2002). International idea competition for the design of a plaza in downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA
exhibit: SPOT ON SCHOOLS exhibit, Stazione Leopolda, Firenze, Italy, December 1-11, 2005 (curator: Paola Giaconia) article: Paola Giaconia, ERIC OWEN MOSS ARCHITECTS. Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Patent Office Building Courtyard Enclosure Competition, in "ARCH'IT", May 21, 2004. portfolio: EUROPAN 7 (2003). Competition on the theme "Sub-urban challenge, urban intensity and housing diversity" for the site of Drancy, France PAOLA GIACONIA bio