Romaldo “Aldo” Giurgola was born in Rome, Italy, and died this week in Canberra, Australia, the site of his most famous work: a government complex surrounded by bermed earth that made it possible for visitors to walk on and around the building. Giurgola moved to Canberra with his wife, Adelaide, who had Alzheimer’s Disease, in the 1980s, when the building, Parliament House, was under construction. He became an Australian citizen in 2000.
But even after an absence of 35 years, Giurgola is not forgotten in New York. Upon earning his B.Arch. from the the University of Rome, Giurgola moved to Manhattan in 1949, where he received his M. Arch in 1951 from Columbia University. In the early 1950s, Giurgola was an art director at Interiors magazine. Then in 1954, he began teaching architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he founded his firm with Ehrman Mitchell.
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