[3] He collaborates with the architects Massimo Gandini, Giuseppe Greci, Fabio Paoletti, Matteo Casola, Nicola Bergamaschi and Maria Cristina Celato.

Bontempi won the architectural competition for the recovery plan of urban blocks in the historic center of Parma (1981-1987).

In the year 1996, Bontempi received his second award at the international Marsham Street Urban Design Competition in London.

In June 2001, the architect received a Charter Award at the Congress for the New Urbanism's annual conference ("CNU IX", New York).

The prize is awarded to "a living architect whose work embodies the highest ideals of traditional and classical architecture in contemporary society, and creates a positive cultural, environmental and artistic impact".