Renato De Fusco, Esteemed Architectural Historian, Passes Away at 95

Renato De Fusco, renowned international architectural and design historian, and emeritus professor at the University of Naples Federico, passed away last night at the age of 95 in his home in Posillipo, Naples. A key figure in the Neapolitan architecture school, his works and numerous publications, published by major national and international publishers, constitute a fundamental contribution to the development of architecture, design, and art culture from the second half of the twentieth century to the present. Dedicated with great passion to university teaching until the end, he trained entire generations of architects and scholars. The magazine 'Op.cit. Selection of Contemporary Art Criticism' - still active - which he directed for sixty years, born in the cultural climate of the 'Il Centro' gallery by Arturo Carola, testifies to his constant and rigorous scientific commitment. The magazine received the Inarch Award in 1967. Another Inarch Award, this time 'for lifetime achievement', was given to him in 2001. In 2008, after decades of academic activity, never neglecting the more general cultural work carried out outside, also through conferences and articles in major newspapers, he received the ADI Compasso d'Oro for lifetime achievement. In 2013, he received the Mannajuolo Award for Culture at the Blu di Prussia gallery, where he used to hold conferences. The news of his passing was announced by his wife Emma and his children Luca and Carlotta. The funeral will take place on Wednesday, May 1st, at 11 a.m., in the church of San Luigi Gonzaga in Naples, via Francesco Petrarca n. 115. 'Renato De Fusco was a friend and a colleague. An exemplary person, a researcher, and a great historian of architecture. It was a privilege to benefit from his expertise and his boundless knowledge. I am deeply saddened by his passing and express my deepest sympathy to his family, the Administration, and the entire city,' commented the Mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi.