Meridiana Tischlampe von Paolo Francesco Piva für Stefano Cevoli, Italien, 1980er

Architect Paolo Francesco Piva was born in 1954 in Milan. Architecture Graduate magna cum laude at the Politecnico di Milano in 1978. Studiodada members, participated in the success of this group of professionals, among the most famous in Milan of the eighties. As an architect he designed buildings, public and private interiors, showrooms, shops, and street furniture both in Italy and abroad (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Congo, Egypt, France, Gabon, Ghana, Libya, UK, USA, Switzerland, Turkey), exhibition stands but also an entire exhibition as in the case of the "45th International Bicycle and Motorcycle Exhibition" of Milano. In addition to design activities, he acts as an engineering consultant in various companies. He attended many seminars as a CAD expert. In architecture and interior design, his activities led him to work worldwide from Italy to the U.S., from the Middle East to Eastern African countries, engaging in business ranging from private villas to hospitals and big government works. In recent years, he dedicated his energy to developing and spreading BIM (Building Information Modeling), theoretically creating the FFIM (Furniture and Finishing Information Modeling), to work on a link between the world of construction, design and contract.