He has carried out extensive research into the history of architecture and on the treatises of Renaissance architecture. Has published works on Leon Battista Alberti, Francesco di Giorgio, Cesare Cesariano, Baldassarre Peruzzi, Sebastiano Serlio, Giulio Romano, Antonio da Sangallo the younger and on military architecture of the XV and XVI Centuries. Has made numerous contributions to international conferences and has participated in the organisation of many exhibitions and conventions including: "Francesco di Giorgio architetto" (Siena, 1993); "Francesco di Giorgio alla corte di Federico da Montefeltro" (Urbino, 2001); and international conferences of the “Centro Leon Battista Alberti” (Mantova, 1998-2001); as president of the national committee and of the scientific board at the "Centro Leon Battista Alberti” of Mantova, conventions and exhibitions dedicated to Leon Battista Alberti (2002-2008) together with numerous Italian and foreign cultural institutes.
Since 1995 he has been an academic at San Luca and since 2003 a member of the scientific council of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura "Andrea Palladio" in Vicenza.