Antonio Villani
Managing Director
MEng, CEng, MICE, MSc, Dott.Ing.
About us
The impossible just takes a bit longer
A flat, dynamic practice — key decisions processed quickly under robust internal quality control.
Who we are
Engineers close to the craft
Research, experiment and get it built. Success is client satisfaction and the architects and contractors we support end to end.
Top-level experience in geotechnical, earthquake and bridge engineering — plus cable nets, fabric structures, structural glass and deep basements.
2017London founded
10+Engineers
UK+EULicences & PI
FlatDecisions
Team
The people behind the practice
Leonardo Villani
Senior Design Manager
Dott.Ing. · Site coordination
Massimiliano Bellinzoni
Consultant · Metamorphosys
Dott.Ing. · QA & seismic
Matteo Martino
Consultant · IT
Dott.Ing. · FEM & tools
Profiles
Experience that travels
Antonio Villani — Founder & MD
Chartered in Italy and the UK. Founded AVILAStudio LTD in 2017 after 10+ years. Previous: Studio Calvi, Foster + Partners, COWI UK, Fluid Structures. Seismic, dynamics, buildings, bridges and infrastructure across Europe and beyond.
Leonardo Villani — Senior Design Manager
Construction coordination UK and Europe. Hotel Lacoste Senegal, Hyatt Paris, Gucci stores across Europe — residential, commercial and art installations through handover.
Massimiliano Bellinzoni — Consultant
Chartered since 2001. QA reviewer for AVILAStudio. Director Metamorphosys; Canobbio fabric structures; Studio Calvi seismic. Teaches at University of Pavia.
Matteo Martino — Consultant & IT
Politecnico di Bari. Structural modelling, seismic, computational tools. FEM algorithms, form-finding, Load Path Method.
Partners
Future is under construction
Metamorphosys, Andermann Engineering, MPN UK — plus links to Pavia / EUCENTRE for natural hazards expertise.
Metamorphosys
Structural partner, Italy. QA and design collaboration.
metamorphosys.eu →Andermann Engineering
Infrastructure collaboration including Copenhagen Cityringen.
andermanngroup.com →MPN UK Limited
Commercial centres including Westfield Milan.
mpnuk.co.uk →