Paolo De Benedictis opens his architecture studio in Venice in 1997. Since then, he has developed urban and landscape design, architectural projects, and interior design both for private and public sectors. He won international competitions: the Redevelopment Project for the new Piazza del Popolo in Sacile (Pn), and the new primary and secondary School Campus in Resia (Bz). Some of his projects achieved important acknowledgements in many architectural design awards, as the IX Young Mediterranean Artists Award in 1999, the "Nib+Icar Traveling" in 2004, the IQU Innovation and Urban Quality Award in 2010, the Marcello D'Olivo Prize - Biennial Exhibition of Architecture in 2010, the Italian Prize in Sustainable Urban Regeneration (Selezione Nazionale RI.U.SO.01 in Rigenerazione Urbana Sostenibile) in 2012, Città di Oderzo Architectural Prize (XIII edition) in 2012, and the Architectural Prize Costruire il Trentino 2009/2012.