I gave my little contribution by translating some texts for the exhibition curated by his friend Emma Tagliacollo, architect and master of architectural composition, the author also eponymous catalog published by Arachne. This exposure Cyprus-Italy A / R , back from where Nicosia was opened on 27 November to 30 December last year and in Rome last summer. The show was strongly supported by the Italian Ambassador to Cyprus, Luigi Napolitano, led, as he himself said in the presentation, to love modern architecture by a leading Italian developer of Cyprus that recognizes the influence on a group of his fellow architects formed universities of our country. Both the exhibition catalog are the result of an extensive study carried out by Emma Tagliacollo-the first ever-contemporary architecture created by two generations of Cyprus in which architects are discernible echoes the work of famous Italian professionals such Pier Luigi Nervi, Carlo Scarpa, Giuseppe Terragni and Luigi Moretti, to name just the most famous among the layman.
Cypriot architects whose works are considered, Moreover, they studied (and some even worked) in Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan as teachers having famous names such as our local architecture Quaroni, Zevi, Free, Portaluppi, Tafuri, Rossi. The architectural landscape presented ranges from 60 '900 (August 16, 1960 Cyprus acquired its independence from Britain turning into a presidential Republic) to the present day by comparing the work of professionals united by the common experience of the trip: Outbound to Italy and back to Cyprus.