Gino Valle (1923–2003) was an influential Italian architect and designer from Udine. After graduating from IUAV Venice in 1948, he joined his family’s firm, Studio Architetti Valle, and later studied at Harvard on a Fulbright Scholarship. His work spanned architecture and industrial design, notably for Solari and Zanussi, earning him multiple Compasso d’Oro awards (1956, 1962, 1963) and a career prize in 1995. Valle taught architecture at universities across Europe, South Africa, and the U.S., including Harvard, and later became a professor at IUAV. Recognized internationally, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and received Italy’s Silver Medal of Arts and Culture in 2002.