Pierluigi Piu was born in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) in 1954 and pursued his studies at the University of Architecture in Florence. He opened his own office and began working in the field of interior design and architecture in 1991. Then, from 1996until 1998, he was back in Bruxelles, where he had been summoned by the architect Steven Beckers to collaborate on a project for the reconstruction and refurbishment of the Berlaymont Palace, the historic seat of the Council of Ministers of the European Community, and so undertook the supervision and coordination of the aesthetic and formal language for the interior design of the entire building. He has won many awards, including the “Russian International Architectural Award 2007” in Moscow, the “International Design Award 2008” in Los Angeles, the “Archi-Bau Design Award 2009” in Munich, Germany, the “Compasso d’Oro 2011” in Rome and the “Premio IED” award from the international school Istituto Europeo di Design in 2012.