{{short description|Italian architect}} {{infobox person | name = Sergio Lenci | image = Sergiolenci.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1927|5|11}} | birth_place = Naples, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2001|3|20|1927|5|11}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | alma_mater = Sapienza University of Rome | occupation = Architect | party = }} '''Sergio Lenci''' (11 May 1927 – 20 March 2001) was an Italian architect.
==Life and career== Sergio Lenci, born in Naples, graduated in architecture in 1950 from the Sapienza University of Rome.<ref name=dizionario>{{Cite book|title=Dizionario enciclopedico di architettura e urbanistica|first=Paolo|last=Portoghesi|place=Rome|date=1969|volume=III|page=364}}</ref> In 1977, he became a full professor of architectural design at the same university, a position he held until 1999.<ref name=siusa>{{Cite web|url=https://siusa-archivi.cultura.gov.it/cgi-bin/pagina.pl?TipoPag=prodpersona&Chiave=34008|title=Lenci Sergio|website=siusa.archivi.beniculturali.it|publisher=Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche}}</ref>
His most notable projects include the INA-Casa Tiburtino neighborhood in Rome, a tower residential building in Ravenna, the headquarters of the Cooperativa ITER in Lugo di Romagna, the Brindisi Courthouse and the Lecce Courthouse. He also designed the prisons of Rome Rebibbia, Spoleto, Livorno, and Rimini.<ref name=dizionario/><ref name=siusa/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.it/books/edition/Roma_Dal_Rinascimento_ai_giorni_nostri/xRmgEAAAQBAJ?hl=it&gbpv=1&dq=lenci&pg=PA140&printsec=frontcover|title=Roma dal Rinascimento ai giorni nostri|first=Vittorio|last=Sgarbi|author-link=Vittorio Sgarbi|publisher=La Nave di Teseo|place=Milan|year=2022|pages=140–141}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|editor1=Polano, Sergio|editor2=Mulazzani, Marco|year=1991|title=Guida all'architettura italiana del Novecento|publisher=Electa|place=Milan|page=521}}</ref>
On 2 May 1980, he was the target of a terrorist attack by Prima Linea, which attempted to kill him by shooting him in the back of the head. Surviving with a bullet lodged in his skull, he lived with it for 21 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://idiaridipieve.it/archivio/colpo-alla-nuca-memorie-di-un-sopravvissuto/|title=Sergio Lenci - Colpo alla nuca. Memorie di un sopravvissuto|work=I Diari di Pieve}}</ref> His experience was documented in the book ''Colpo alla nuca'', which won the Pieve Santo Stefano literary award in 1987, and inspired the film ''The Second Time'' by Mimmo Calopresti.<ref name=siusa/>
In 1989, he received an honorable mention at the international competition for the new Alexandrina Library. He died in March 2001. In the same year, he was awarded the Honorary Fellowship by the American Institute of Architects.<ref name=siusa/> The Order of Architects of Rome and the National Institute of Architecture have named the "IN/ARCH Premio Sergio Lenci" to honor emerging architects and promote contemporary architecture in the Lazio region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bbcc.regione.emilia-romagna.it/pater/loadcard.do?id_card=263804&force=1|title=Lenci Sergio|work=Patrimonio culturale dell'Emilia-Romagna|publisher=Regione Emilia-Romagna}}</ref>
His sons Roberto and Ruggero are also architects.<ref>{{Cite book|title=L'Architettura|volume=47|page=607|year=2001}}</ref>
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==Sources== *{{Cite book|last=Lenci|first=Ruggero|author-link=Ruggero Lenci|year=2000|title=Sergio Lenci. L'opera architettonica 1950-2000|publisher=Diagonale|place=Rome}} *{{Cite book|editor1=Polano, Sergio|editor2=Mulazzani, Marco|year=1991|title=Guida all'architettura italiana del Novecento|publisher=Electa|place=Milan|page=521}} *{{Cite book|title=Dizionario enciclopedico di architettura e urbanistica|first=Paolo|last=Portoghesi|place=Rome|date=1969|volume=III|page=364}} *{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.it/books/edition/Roma_Dal_Rinascimento_ai_giorni_nostri/xRmgEAAAQBAJ?hl=it&gbpv=1&dq=lenci&pg=PA140&printsec=frontcover|title=Roma dal Rinascimento ai giorni nostri|first=Vittorio|last=Sgarbi|author-link=Vittorio Sgarbi|publisher=La Nave di Teseo|place=Milan|year=2022|pages=140–141}}
==External links== *{{Cite web|url=https://siusa-archivi.cultura.gov.it/cgi-bin/pagina.pl?TipoPag=prodpersona&Chiave=34008|title=Lenci Sergio|website=siusa.archivi.beniculturali.it|publisher=Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenci, Sergio}} Category:20th-century Italian architects Category:Architects from Naples Category:1927 births Category:2001 deaths Category:Sapienza University of Rome alumni