Mario Frau

MARIO FRAU, ARCHITECT

He was born at Genoa in 1968 and was graduated at the faculty of Architecture of the Milan Polytechnic, continuing at a Master in Landscape Design, Protection and realization of gardens.
Through all these experiences together with his teaching activity at the Faculty of Architecture and Industrial Design of the Milan Polytechnic and various collaborations with Lighting Designers and foreign architects, commences his career in the field of architecture, landscape and light design.
He has been active for more of a decade not only in architectural planning, Interior an Industrial Design, but in systems planning for lighting in interior or exterior spaces as well. The basic idea of architecture, interior design, light and space seen as indivisible components of project development, guide him at the creation of a interdisciplinary group of professionals and at the foundation of the Studio FRAU18•08 partners.
Competence, passion and intuition are the elements that characterize in total his activity and made him being a fondant associate in December 1998 of APIL, Associazione Professionisti dell’illuminazione (the Italian name for the Professional Association of Lighting).