and Cassina, and the office chairs he designed for Vitra. Mario Bellini Architects is headquartered in Milan. The 1,500 square meter building designed by Mario Bellini himself in the early 1990s. In 1999, MBA obtained ISO 9001 quality certification. Today the firm employs an average of 30 to 35 architects. Gallery of design works Architecture Since the 1980s, Bellini has designed buildings in Europe, Japan, the United States, Australia and the Arab Emirates. Projects built Milan Convention Centre (MICO), Europe’s largest convention centre, 2008-2012 Museum of Islamic Arts at Louvre Museum, Paris, 2005-2012 Museum of the City of Bologna, Italy, 2004-2012 Urban redevelopment “Verona Forum”, Verona, Italy, 2004–2011 Radical refurbishment of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, 2007–2011 National Gallery of Victoria extension and redevelopment, Melbourne, Australia, 1996–2003 Essen International Fair Extension, Germany, 1998–2001 Natuzzi Americas Headquarters, High Point, North Carolina, USA, 1996–1998 Arsoa Co./Cosmetics- Headquarters, Yamanashi, Japan, 1996–1998 New fair district of the Milan Trade Fair, 1987–1997 Risonare Vivre Club Complex, Kobuchizawa, Japan, 1989–1992 Tokyo Design Center, Tokyo, Japan, 1988–1992 Yokohama Business Park, Yokohama, Japan, 1987–1991 Villa Erba Exhibition and Congress Centre, Cernobbio (Como), 1986–1990 Thermoelectric power plant of Cassano d’Adda-Office building, 1985–1990 Projects under construction Architectural project of a large Scientific-Technological Park at Erzelli Hill, Genoa, Italy, 2005 Extension and redevelopment of the Pinacoteca di Brera Milan (one of the major Italian Art Gallery), 2009 New Cultural Centre of Turin, 2001 (to be started) Among the best architectural creations New Museum of the city of Berlin, Germany, 2008 Sheikh Zayed National Museum International Competition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2007 European Patent Office, L’Aja, Holland, 2004 Cittanova 2000, Modena, Italy, 2003 Redevelopment of the City Centre of Tian Jin, China, 2003 Banca CR Firenze-New H.Q., Italy, 2003 New International Trade Fair of Milan – Rho/Pero, Milan, 2002 Multifunctional Complex “MAB. Zeil Project”, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002 Stolitza Towers, Moscow, 1996 Dubai Creek Complex, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1994 Goshikidai Marine Resort, Japan, 1993 Exhibitions Bellini has been responsible for the exhibition design of many art exhibitions, among which: "The Treasure of St. Marco in Venice", Grand Palais, Paris, and the major museums around the world, 1984–87 "Italian Art in the 20th Century", Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1989 "The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo. The Representation of Architecture", Palazzo Grassi, Venice, then in Paris and Berlin, 1994–95 "The Triumphs of Baroque. Architecture in Europe 1600-1750", Stupinigi Hunting Palace, Turin, 1999 "Christopher