The architect Gaetano Pesce was born in 1939 in La Spezia, Italy. He attended the school of Architecture of Venice from 1958 to 1963. He has lived in many European cities – Padua, Venice, London, Helsinki, Paris – and since 1980, in New York. His multidisciplinary work is present in the permanent collections of Museums in France, Finland, the United States, England, Portugal and Italy. Gaetano Pesce has been teaching for twenty-six years at the École d’Architecture de Strasbourg and has lectured in the most prominent Universities and Cultural Institutions around the world. He has worked in France, Italy, Japan, Germany, the United States, Brazil and Belgium. Pesce’s works are often memorable for their ability to give an unexpected twist to favorite themes.