Camillo Botticini joins DVArea as Creative Director for Architecture
DVArea · 18 March 2026
The arrival of the Brescian architect, winner of the 2012 Gold Medal for Italian Architecture and nominee for the 2026 Mies van der Rohe Award, strengthens the group specialising in integrated design. When aesthetics arise from numbers and technology guides form, design ceases to be merely an authorial gesture and becomes a shared process.
With this vision, Camillo Botticini joins the Brescian group as Creative Director of DVA. Botticini, a leading architect on the national scene with a career marked by awards and teaching positions in London, Milan, and Pamplona, brings to DVArea renewed awareness and the ability to work on projects, combined with precise architectural research developed through decades of urban projects, internationally recognised works, and publications in leading industry magazines. Botticini has built his identity on projects that integrate conceptual design with construction rigour and attention to the diverse contexts of contemporary projects: from the UNESCO Corridor to the Teatro Borsoni in Brescia, to the restoration of the Ex Pirelli school in Milan, to name just a few.
The company, clearly developing not only economically, exceeded €13.27 million in consolidated revenue last year, with 12% growth compared to 2024, ranking eleventh in the Guamari 2025 list of the best Italian architecture firms.
DVArea, led by CEO Armando Casella, stands out for its transdisciplinary approach to integrated design, fully synthesising architecture, structural and building services engineering, BIM digitalisation, and facility management, with particular attention to ESG criteria.
«When our paths crossed, I recognised in DVArea a vision that aligns with my understanding of architecture today,» explains Camillo Botticini. «Not a stage to sign works, but a true laboratory to build processes across multiple disciplines. Architecture that responds to the needs of a changing and complex contemporary world. What I am learning to share is their extraordinary methodological approach: where architecture is data-driven, and the most advanced technological tools inform the design.»
With Botticini’s arrival, DVArea consolidates its ability to undertake projects of high architectural complexity while maintaining a balance between technological innovation and design quality, environmental performance, and spatial identity.
«Botticini brings an important architectural and aesthetic vision, but above all an ethical one,» comments Armando Casella, CEO of DVArea. «We are not acquiring a signature, but enriching an approach based on people’s well-being and project sustainability. With him, we can tackle the challenges of integrated design with greater awareness and sensitivity, where technological innovation must always dialogue with overall architectural quality.»
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