Luca Scacchetti
Luca Scacchetti was born in Milan in 1952.
He obtained an architectural degree at the Politecnico of Milan in 1975.
His expertise ranges from urban planning to architectural projecting of the buildings, from interior design to single objects. Several are his projects of hotels.
In the design field he cooperates with the leading Italian and worldwide manufacturers of furniture, office ware, lighting, bath ware, coatings and gifts.
He ran projects throughout Italy and in France, Spain, The Netherlands, Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Japan, Armenia, Kazakhstan. He carried out a project in China for Shanghai Expo2010 involving a new neighborhood in PJ South – Shanghai.
His works have been published in the most of important magazines in the field. Five monographs have been dedicated to his projects: Alfabeto. 82 progetti di design di Luca Scacchetti, with essays of F. Burkardt, M. Byars, A. Colonnetti and V. Pasca, Bologna, Editrice Compositori, 2006; Luca Scacchetti, disegni 1983/2002, with essays of P. Portoghesi e M. Brusatin, Milano, Federico Motta, 2002; Luca Scacchetti – architetture with essays of E. Ambasz, R. Bofill, A. Cantafora, G. Motta, F. Moschini and P. Portoghesi, Milano, Idea Books, 1991; Walking in different ways, edited by V. Pasca, Tecno publishers, Milano, 1990; Luca Scacchetti – forme oggetti architetture 1975/198, edited by F. Moschini, Roma, Kappa, 1986.
Now he lives and works in Milan