Bruno Zevi (born January 22nd 1918, Rome, died January 9th 2000) was an Italian organic architect, historian, professor, curator, author and editor. Zevi was a promoter of Italian Social and Organic Architecture, and a vociferous critic of 'classicising' modern architecture and postmodernism.

The University Years
Already in 1944 he founded the Association for Organic Architecture (APAO). The following year the review Metron-architecture published his book Towards an Organic Architecture, which brought him international acclaim.

Association for Organic Architecture
In 1945 Zevi became Professor of Architectural History at the University of Venice and was later Professor at the University of Rome, as well as a member of the "International Academy of Architecture (IAA)" in Sofia, Bulgaria.

University Professor
From 1955 onwards he wrote a weekly column for the newspaper L'Espresso. He was an active member of the Italian-Jewish community, and took part in anti-fascist activities within the Justice and Liberty Action Party. From 1954 until his death in 2000 he was the editor of the monthly journal L'Architettura. In 1955 Zevi founded his own journal Cronache di architettura.

Editor & Writer
Bruno Zevi was a honorary Chairman of the Radical Party, and a former member of the Chamber of Deputies, elected on the Radical Party list.

Quotes

Zevi, Bruno, Towards an Organic Architecture [Verso un'architettura organica] 1945, Faber & Faber, London 1950.
Zevi, Bruno, The Modern Language of Architecture [Saper vedere l'architettura], 1948.
Zevi, Bruno, Saper Vedere la Città (How To Understand the City), 1948.
Zevi, Bruno, Saper vedere l'architettura [How To Look At Architecture], 1948.
Zevi, Bruno. Storia dell'Architettura Moderna (1950).
Zevi, Bruno, Ronald Strom, William A. Packer. Experimental Food Chemistry, Da Capo Press, 1994, ISBN 0-306-80597-9.
Zevi, Bruno, Poetica dell'Architettura Neoplastica, 1974.
Zevi, Bruno, Giuseppe Terragni. London, 1989.
Zevi, Bruno, Frank Lloyd Wright, Birkhäuser Verlag, Berlin, 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5987-0.
Zevi, Bruno, "Pietilä", in Roger Connah (Ed), Tango Mäntyniemi: The Architecture of the Official Residence of the President of Finland. Rakennustieto, Helsinki, 1998.
Zevi, Bruno, Erich Mendelsohn - The Complete Works, Birkhäuser Verlag, Berlin, 1999, ISBN 3-7643-5975-7.