Italian media have reported that Leonardo Benevolo, one of Italy's foremost architects, critics, and historians, passed away yesterday at his home in Brescia following a long illness. Benevolo was an enormously influential figure in the field of architectural history who was continuously examining the problems and possibilities of our cities.

via Laterza's Interview with Leonardo Benevolo (https://www.youtube.com/watch"v=hzto2DOcTpk)

Italian media have reported that Leonardo Benevolo, one of Italy's foremost architects, critics, and historians, passed away yesterday at his home in Brescia following a long illness. Benevolo was an enormously influential figure in the field of architectural history who was continuously examining the problems and possibilities of our cities.His writings?in particular the book History of Modern Architecture?have been widely circulated, translated and taught, and contribute to his legacy as one of the profession's most distinguished architects and educators. In the overview of the now out-of-print History of Modern Architecture, Vol. 2 (1971), MIT Press wrote, Perhaps more than any other architectural historian in our time, Benevolo has made a determined effort to place developments in design and planning in their proper social and political settings. Benevolo's prolific career as an educator occurred alongside projects that he also designed and built, including the new headquarters of the Bologna Fair (realized with Th...