Dario Trabucco

About

Dario Trabucco, architect and PhD, is a CTBUH Research Manager and Associate Professor in Building technology at the IUAV University of Venice, Italy. He is involved in teaching and research activities related to tall buildings, Life Cycle Assessment, and vertical transportation.

In 2009, he obtained a PhD in building technology with a thesis entitled “The Strategic Role of the Service Core in the Energy Balance of a Tall Building.” This research examines the implications of alternative service core placement in relation to the embodied energy and the energy consumption of a tall building.

Dario has been the CTBUH Country Representative for Italy since 2010, and in 2023 was appointed the role of CTBUH Europe Director. During an exchange period from March 2013 to February 2014, Dario was a research associate at the Illinois Institute of Technology / Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat primarily working on the funded research project “A Whole Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings”.

Upon return to Venice in 2014, he acquired the role of CTBUH Research Manager for CTBUH, formally establishing the CTBUH Research Office in Venice. Since then, he has been the Principal Investigator for most of the research projects CTBUH undertook, sponsored by leading companies such as ArcelorMittal, Kuraray, Thyssenkrupp, Schindler, Bouygues, UL and associations such as Worldsteel and SEAISI.