Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: AN ARCHITECTURAL VISION FROM THE FIRST RENAISSANCE, VOLUME I: Volume I Paperback - 2012

Esteban Cruz has a degree in architecture from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, with post-graduate studies at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia (IUAV) in Venice, Italy. Since 1996, he has worked on projects in the fields of architecture, urban planning, and conservation, and is currently project manager for in Milan engaged primarily in international practice. His interest in history and computers started in 1998 as design consultant for the development of a prototype virtual museum (N.u.M.E.), for the historic city center of Bologna, Italy. Coordinated by the University of Bologna, this project involved historic re-constructions of important monumental areas of the city from the XII to the XVII centuries. It was displayed for the first time at the international conference of IT and computer innovation, SIGGRAPH 1999 in Los Angeles. This and other contributions to the fields of Historic and Cultural Heritage, has lead Esteban to be an active member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). His research activities dealing with the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili began in 1995 while still as an undergraduate. Since then, he is continuously active in developing graphical reconstructions that "illustrate" the architecture and landscapes encrypted in this Renaissance text. Esteban is an associate member of both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI). He is married and lives between San Francisco, California and Milan, Italy.