He is the editor of “Controspazio”, “Casabella”, “Lotus International” and is the director of “Eidos” (1989-1995) and a series of architectural books by Franco Angeli (1973-1988). [2]
From 1989, he designed furniture for Italian design company Giorgetti, where he was also the art director until 2001. [2]
Drawings
Scolari is known for his drawings which, according to a review of his 1980 exhibition in New York, takes the form of a critique of architecture which calls to mind the surrealism of Salvador Dalí and Yves Tanguy. Pyramids and ziggurats, dams and forts, axonometric forms are used to create a new architectural "illogic".[3]
Scolari's drawings were featured in the book Postmodern Visions: Drawings, Paintings, and Models by Contemporary Architects (1985).[7] He has published his own books of (or about) his work, including Hypnos (1986).[8]Massimo Scolari: The Representation of Architecture, 1967–2012 (2012) is the catalogue of a retrospective exhibit held at the Yale School of Architecture, curated by Scolari himself.[9]Oblique Drawing: A History of Anti-Perspective (2012) includes a series of essays and writing about his alternative approach to perception and representation. [10]Pensar y representar (2013) provides an intellectual history of axonometric drawing and 'anti perspectives', central to Scolari's art. [11]
Krier, Leon (December 2016). "Massimo Scolari". In Steil, Lucien (ed.). The Architectural Capriccio: Memory, Fantasy and Invention. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315241326. ISBN9781315241326.
Szacka, Léa-Catherine (2019). "Massimo Scolari's Ali and the institutional reframing of the Venice Biennale". In Davidts, Wouter; Holden, Susan; Paine, Ashley (eds.). Trading Between Architecture and Art. Netherlands: Valiz. pp. 121–132. ISBN9789492095671.