Lino Bianco

Bianco was a candidate of the Malta Labour Party for the European Parliament elections of 2014, with an emphasis on national unity in diversity. His stand on irregular immigration, spring hunting and the environment, themes which ran high on the political agenda, illustrated his political philosophy of toleration applied to real scenarios. Presently he is the ambassador of Malta to Romania and to Bulgaria.

In 2012, he was elected professor of the International Academy of Architecture at the World Triennial of Architecture held in Sofia in 2012; he is one of the youngest architects to hold this post. A project in Zabbar, Malta, received a special prize from the Ministry of Building of Ulyanovsk Region, Russia, for innovation in traditional architecture at InterArch2012.

In 1997 he set up Lino Bianco & Associates, which offers consultancy services in architecture and environmental planning to private and public agencies. From 1997-8, he was Chairman of the Planning Council Malta and, from 1997 until 2000, a member of the Planning Appeals Board (Malta). He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Housing Authority, Malta, member of the board of directors of WasteServ Malta Ltd and member of the General Services Board, Malta.

Since 1994 Bianco has held various visiting teaching posts, lecturing on the philosophy of restoration of heritage sites, industrial and environmental geology, and minerals planning. At the Department of Architecture and Urban Design of the University of Malta where he teaches and directs research on the history and philosophy of architecture. He is a professor of the International Academy of Architecture and a visiting professor in history and theory of urban design at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia.

Lino Bianco (born 31 December 1965) is a Maltese architect, academic and diplomat.