Attilio Mariani

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Attilio Mariani
Born1921
Milan, Italy
Died
Milan
NationalityItalian
Movementitalian rationalism

Attilio Mariani was an Italian architect and designer, one of the protagonists of Italian design of the 1950s.[1] is an archistar among the protagonists of the birth of Italian design active in the fifties.

Piazza Luigi di Savoia 24 building in Milan by Mariani
Church of the Madonna della Fede in the Olmi district in Milan by Mariani

Mariani graduated from the Politenico di Milano in 1947 and collaborated with Franco Albini.

The best known masterpiece is the Abstract House in Viale Beatrice d'Este 24 created with Carlo Perogalli, assistant to Enrico Griffini at the Milan Polytechnic, and the artist Mario Ballocco and the adjacent Palazzo in Viale Beatrice d'Este 26, in the Quadronno district of Milan, built in 1952 and inspired by the theories developed on the synthesis of the arts by (MAC-Movimento Arte Concreta). Mariani will also build the buildings in Via Carlo Crivelli 9 and Via Carlo Crivelli 15 in the Quadronno district.[2]

Works[change | change source]

  • 1952, The Abstract House, Viale Beatrice d'Este 24 created with Carlo Perogalli and the artist Mario Ballocco[3]
  • 1952, Palazzo in Viale Beatrice d'Este 26, in the Quadronno district of Milan[4]
  • Via Carlo Crivelli 9
  • Via Carlo Crivelli 15 in the Quadronno district

References[change | change source]

  1. Attilio Mariani architetto, 1977
  2. Attilio Mariani Beni Culturali[permanent dead link]
  3. "Mariani e Perogalli, La Casa Astratta". Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  4. Palazzo in Viale Beatrice d'Este 26

Bibliography[change | change source]

  • Attilio Mariani architetto, 1977
  • A Milano. Attilio Mariani e Carlo Perogalli, arch.tti, in "Domus", n° 309, 1955, p. 7
  • Francesco Aghemio, Nuove case a Milano, in "Edilizia moderna", n° 66, 1959, pp. 39-44
  • Renato Bazzoni, Gioco coloristico in una costruzione, in "Edilizia moderna", n° 61, 1957, pp. 77-80
  • Gli archivi di architettura in Lombardia. Censimento delle fonti", a cura di G.L. Ciagà, edito nel 2003 dal Centro di Alti Studi sulle Arti Visive, con la collaborazione della Soprintendenza archivistica della Lombardia e del Politecnico di Milano

Other websites[change | change source]