Nervi

American  

[nair-vee, ner-vee] / ˈnɛər vi, ˈnɛr vi /

noun

1. Pier Luigi 1891–1979, Italian engineer and architect.

---

Nervi British  

/ ˈnɛrvi /

noun

1. Pier Luigi (pjɛːr luˈiːdʒi). 1891–1979, Italian engineer and architect; noted for his pioneering use of reinforced concrete as a decorative material. He codesigned the UNESCO building in Paris (1953)

---

Example Sentences

Students found beauty not only in perfection, but in an abandoned tobacco factory built by Pier Luigi Nervi in Bologna now being repurposed as a meteorological center.

From Scientific American

Designed by Pier Luigi Nervi, an Italian engineer, it was hailed as an avant-garde piece of modernist architecture when it opened in 1963.

From New York Times

In the heart of the city, near the central train station, rises a monument from a different era: Giò Ponti and Pier Luigi Nervi’s Pirelli skyscraper, the symbol of Italy’s postwar economic boom.

From New York Times

But Tom, or what was left of Tom, lay in Nervi with folded hands, and nobody told Valeria to wait a minute.

From Project Gutenberg

It is interesting to see the astonishment and admiration of Spagnoletti and Nervi as they watch his evolutions.

From Project Gutenberg