Giacomo "Piraz" Pirazzoli (b. Italy, 1965) is an architect PhD, currently Associate professor of Architectural design at the University of Florence; after graduating cum laude (University of Florence) GP move to Paris for his PhD research at Le Corbusier Foundation, practicing at the same time at Christian de Portzamparc’s office.

Back to Italy, GP practices in Florence (with P.Zermani and F.Rossi Prodi) and Milan (with F.Collotti). Among the works, published on books and reviews: Department of Italianistic (University of Scutari, Albania); First World War Museum in Lavarone (Trento); Meeting-Point building at Vespucci airport (Florence); Refurbishment and new pavillion, Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini (Milan); Forte Pozzacchio museum and fortified landscape in Trambileno (Trento); “Paolo Zermani – architetture”, exibition design at Querini-Stampalia Foundation, Venice; Refurbishment and new addition, Istituto Ortopedico Toscano (Florence); Refurbishment and new addition Ex-Leopoldine (Florence); History and Archeology Museum in Scutari (Albania); San Francesco in Ponte d'Oddi church, Perugia; Integrated Plan of Urban Renewal at Isolotto (Florence); Exhibition From Anti-Jewish Laws to Shoah 1938/1945 Seven Years of Italian History in Roma-Vittoriano; Department of Agriculture Engineering building (DIAF), University of Florence; New church in Reggio Emilia (competition for invitation) with artist Adrian Paci; Department of Vegetal Biology building, University of Florence; Renaissance fortress refurbishment, Cortona; Estonian Academy of Arts building (International competition) with artist Michelangelo Pistoletto/Cittadellarte; New library and museum, Recoaro; Francesco Laparelli architetto del Rinascimento, (Cortona and Malta) exhibition design.

Institutional activity
2009-: Member of the Board for International Affairs, Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence
2008-: Founder and Chairman for CROSSINGlab (Core Research On Site Specific Innovation Globalization), University of Florence
2007-2009: Chairman for “Site Specific Museums” - National Relevant Interest Research (University of Florence, Bocconi University and Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, University of Perugia) www.sismus.org
2002-2006: President of the Academy of Fine Arts and Chairman for the joint Foundation for Art Studies, Florence
2001-2010: Member of PhD School Board, Department of Architectural Design, University of Florence
1998-2001: Member of Permanent Commission “Education & Research”, Architect’s Council of Europe, Brussels
1997-2000: Member of the editorial staff of “Materia” – international architectural review, Italy

GP has given courses and lectures in several institutions like: ETH-Zurich, Scutari University (Albania), ENSAM-Montpellier, EPOCA-Buenos Aires, Malta University, ETSA-Valencia, ETSA-Madrid, ITU-Istanbul, YSUAC-Yerevan etc.; articles, essays and text by GP are published in several magazines and reviews.

Main books
Architetture 1.2.3. (a hand book on Architectural design courses), Milano 2009;
03d Da zero a tre dimensioni/From zero to three dimensions, Reggio Calabria 2007; online ed. www.03d.it
Paesaggio, archeologia, progetto contemporaneo , Firenze 2003;
L’ultima lezione di Giovanni Michelucci/The last lecture by Giovanni Michelucci, Reggio Calabria 2002;
Tra terra e cielo - spazio sacro e liturgia, Reggio Emilia 2001;
Le Corbusier a la Tourette: qualche congettura, Firenze 2000.

Website www.gpspace.org