Graduated in Civil Engineering (1961, University of Bari) and
in Architecture (1969, University of Florence).
Member of ICOMOS, Member and Secretary General of Wood
International Committee (ICOMOS), Member of ISCARSAH
(Committee for Historic Structures, ICOMOS), of UNI (Ente
Nazionale Unificazione).
Full academician of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno,
Florence.
President of Collegio degli Ingegneri della Toscana.
Lecturer in the University of Florence on Architectural
Conservation.
Leads researches on Ancient Building Techniques,
Methodology for Strengthening the Structures of Monumental
Buildings, besides on Pre-historic Architecture, Conservation
of Timber Structures.
Published 140 papers and a few books. Got three invention
patents.