Massimiliano Savorra graduated in 1994 at the Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”. In 1999 he completed his PhD in the History of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Università Iauv di Venezia. He is winner of Progetto Giovani Ricercatori (2000), he got a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Università di Padova (2002-2004), he was Associate researcher at the Centre Canadien d’Architecture of Montréal (2003). He taught in the Faculty of Architecture of Università di Napoli (2000-2002), in the Faculty of Architecture of Università Iuav di Venezia (2002-2004), in the Faculty of Economy of Università del Molise (2005-2008), in the Faculty of Engineering of Università di Trento (2008-2009), in the Faculty of Design of Politecnico di Milano (2009-2010, 2016-18). He is an Associate Professor at the Università del Molise-Università del Sannio (since 2005). He has participated in numerous research projects and in several international meetings and symposia. He has given lectures in Naples, Milan, Turin, Venice, Palermo, Paris, Berlin, Lyon, Madrid, New York, and he has curated and organized several exhibitions, conferences, seminars and conference sessions. He has published numerous essays, articles and monographic volumes, and he assiduously collaborates in several magazines. Among his most recent books: La forma e la struttura. Félix Candela, gli scritti (2013); Carlo Sada 1849-1924. Committenti, architetture e città nella Sicilia orientale (2014); Pietre ignee cadute dal cielo. I monumenti della Grande Guerra, (2015, with M. Carraro); La forza del mito. La facciata della basilica di San Lorenzo a Firenze. I progetti da Michelangelo al concorso del 1900, (2015, with V. Ferretti); La Certosa di Trisulti (Milano 2018, with G. Fabbrocino); Questioni di facciata. Il “completamento” delle chiese in Italia e la dimensione politica dell’architettura, 1861-1905 (2018).