Born on March 3, 1971, he graduated in architecture from the Iuav School of Architecture of Venice and then obtained the M-Arch II from Syracuse University School of Architecture, Syracuse, N.Y. Since 2001, his academic career has seen him as a professor of architectural studio class both at Syracuse University and then at University of Maryland, College Park, where he was awarded as Kea Distinguished Professor in 2008; He was also Visiting Professor of Practice at Drury University in 2013 and since 2009 has been on the faculty of the School of Architecture at Kent State University where he still teaches. He was invited as Visiting Professor by prof. Wang Shu, recipient of the Pritzker Prize, at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China in 2016 to teach intensive workshop;
He designs with his firm Caprioglio Architects in Italy and abroad, undertaking projects of different scales and typologies. In recent years his professional career has mainly focused on the construction of new residential and commercial buildings.
He oversaw the design, transformation, furnishings and installations of private homes, apartments, as well as retail concepts, new offices and spaces for contemporary art, as well as urban furnishing interventions, in Italy and in the United States.
Alongside his activity as an architect, he also has a passion and research for industrial design which has led him to design lamps, furniture and everyday objects for Italian and foreign companies. In 2011 he won the prestigious "Good Design Award of the Chicago Athenaeum" for the IXI lamp designed for Leucos and in recent years he was awarded of important prizes and recognitions for his single-family homes projects in Europe, the United States and China.
In particular, the A Design Award in 2017-2018-2021 and 2022, The BigSEE Architectural Award 2021, The Luxury Lifestyle Award 2021 for the most beautiful luxury house in Italy as well as the nomination for the Italian Architect of the Year 2021 for the Spazio Berlendis project in Venice. In June 2022 he won, with the same project, the first international prize in New York for the restoration of public spaces in Italy. In 2023 he received a special mention from the jury of the In/Arch Award for his house in Cittadella (Padua).
The most significant projects have been published in magazines and books such as the New York Times, l'Arca, Dwell, Domus, IoArch, The Plan, among others.
Two the monographic books that outline his career:
“Thinking 360 - Filippo Caprioglio Architecture & Design” published by Mazzanti Libri in 2018 and “Filippo Caprioglio- Sette Case Sette Storie” published by Linea Edizioni in 2023
