Short profile
Francesco Leoni graduated in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano with a thesis in Architectural Design and Museography.
After a few years of professional experience in the field of retail design (Boutiques for Hermes, Chanel, D&G, Frette, etc.) and a two-year collaboration with the David Chipperfield Architects studio in London, he opened his own professional studio.
In 2003 he won a PhD in Architectural Design at the Università Politecnica delle Marche. Since 2007 he has been a professor of Architectural Design and Interior Architecture in Italy (UNIVPM, Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino) and in Germany (Technische Hochschule Mittlehessen).
He currently holds the role of Researcher at the Politecnico di Torino.
He is a professor and tutor of the Accademia Adrianea and of the Piranesi Prix de Rome since its inception in 2003, of which he is Deputy Director of the Master.
