Anna Maritano lives and works in Milan. Since 2006 she formed her own architecture studio in Milan. She has work closely together with Giulia Griotti, to whom she is linked by a twenty-year friendship. Together with them, Angelo Lorenzi shared national and international projects and competitions. Currently they employs 3-4 collaborators who are working on projects for public buildings, private houses and urban development. A sort of small workshop on living, wher craftsmanship and reflections on the city intertwine. Anna Maritano studied architecture at Politecnico di Torino. She was awarded in 1994-1996 Pensionnaire pour l’architecture, at the Académie de France à Rome. She obtained a Ph.D. title in 1999. She was an adjunct professor at the Università di Genova Architecture School from 1999 to 2009, where he held teaching and research. She was awarded the Leone di Pietra - in the 10. International Architecture Exhibition - Biennale di Architettura in Venice - with a project on Pantelleria, a tourist harbour (Marino Narpozzi, chef) In parallel to the project activity, she has done lectures, lessons and critiques at Italian and foreign Universities, Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, Università di Bologna, Università di Genova, University of São Paulo, Brazil. She carried out critical activity trough exhibitions and texts about Italian and international contemporary architects: Ignazio Gardella (Electa), Gino Levi Montalcini (Domus), Luigi Caccia Dominioni (Area), Uwe Schroder (Aion). In 2019 she edited (in collaboration) the Marino Narpozzi's critical writings, entitled “Conversazioni in-disciplinate sull’archietttura”, (Aion edizioni). In 2020 she published an essay “Envois e Académie de France à Rome: il disegno fra maniera e invenzione”, (NElac, USP, Brazil). she is associate with Giulia Griotti Angelo Lorenzi and Filippo Mascaretti