Cesare Monti is an Italian architect and designer, he graduated in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Turin where he was also a contract professor for three years with a design course based on grid shells and spatial structures.

Before graduating, he won the competition for the new Autogrill with Renzo Piano Building Workshop’s members proposing a bold wing-structure suspended by cables.

After an early collaboration with the RFR Studio in Paris he started his personal practice in Italy operating both in the architectural and in the design field.

Among his projects the main entry of the Sporting Club Montecarlo (2001), the Reflex Headquarter in Treviso (2003) and the REFLEX Showroom in Brera - Milano (2006), the Belmonte Headquarter in Montpellier (2007), the Chopard Private Museum stairs in Geneve (2009).

With the carbon fiber chair SHELL designed for REFLEX  he won the international price Catas in 2006, while in 2008 he was finalist of the Compasso D’Oro Price for the TENSYON components.

In 2008 he was included among the major Italian designers by the international magazine AREA on the occasion of the exhibition held in Milan at SOLE 24 Ore : "1968-2008 Quaranta anni di design tra continuità e discontinuità"

In the year 2011 he also won the competition for the Torre Littoria refurbishment in Torino with Benedetto di Camerana.

In 2019 he opened a design Studio in LINZ, Austria where he continues to design for both Italian and international brands.