Michael Lynch, chief exective of the Sydney Opera House, is to lead the revamp of London's South Bank Centre.
Perhaps the Italians are uniquely undaunted by ambition but Gio Ponti’s output over six decades encompassed every facet of art, interiors and architecture and was a major force in establishing Italy at the forefront of 20th-century industrial design.
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