Architect Italo Rota dies in Milan, where he was born in 1953. One of the most interesting and multifaceted figures on the Italian architectural scene.

He designed the renovation of the Museum of Modern Art at the Center Pompidou with Gae Aulenti. He also designed the promenade of the Foro Italico in Palermo and the Museo del Novecento in the Palazzo dell'Arengario in Piazza Duomo in Milan.