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Home » Authors » Pierluigi Serraino

Pierluigi Serraino

Pierluigi Serraino, AIA, is an architect, author, and educator with extensive knowledge of architectural photography. His next book, on Alvar Aalto, will be published in 2024.

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Claude Stoller-2.jpg

Tribute: Claude Stoller (1921–2023)

Pierluigi Serraino
June 16, 2023
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A native New Yorker, architect Claude Stoller witnessed Modernism’s ascent in North America firsthand, interacting with the movement’s leading players and later designing works that exemplified its principles.
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A Look Back at the Work of Several Photographers

A Look Back at the Work of Several Celebrated Photographers

Pierluigi Serraino
December 1, 2018
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The 20th Century's leading photographers have shaped our perception of the era's iconic modernists.


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Genesis of Genius
Architecture + Creativity

Genesis of Genius: Excerpts from Pierluigi Serraino's New Book, The Creative Architect

A 1950s study tried to find what makes architects creative. The results are surprising and telling.
Pierluigi Serraino
May 1, 2016
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In 1958, the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research (IPAR) at the University of California, Berkeley, embarked on an ambitious endeavor to closely study 40 of the most creative architects living in the U.S. or working in the country at the time.


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Richard Neutra
Genesis of Genius

Case Study: Richard Neutra

In this excerpt from The Creative Architect, Serraino’s description of Neutra points to an imposing but insecure figure.
Pierluigi Serraino
May 1, 2016
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That Richard Neutra was exceptionally driven to self-affirmation is part and parcel of the mythology he created around himself. The interview and creativity measurements provide an insight into that drive.


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Philip Johnson
Genesis of Genius

Case Study: Philip Johnson

In this excerpt from The Creative Architect, Serraino explains how difficult a subject Johnson was for the psychologist interviewing him.
Pierluigi Serraino
May 1, 2016
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Of the 40 architects in the creativity experiment in 1958–59, Johnson was the most challenging to interview.


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Eero Saarinen
Genesis of Genius

Case Study: Eero Saarinen

In this excerpt from The Creative Architect, Serraino reveals the intriguing findings that both motivated Saarinen and made him insecure.
Pierluigi Serraino
May 1, 2016
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Saarinen was dyslexic. As a coping mechanism, he sketched his thoughts and ideas during his interview with psychologist William Smelser, who noted Eero’s quest for enduring acknowledgement for his work.


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