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Alberto La Ferla
file:London-Wembley-British-Empire-Exhibition-Malta-Pavilion-1924.jpg, Malta's pavilion at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Alberto La Ferla (1898-1942) was a Maltese people, Maltese architect, active in the 1920s and 1930s. La Ferla graduated in architecture from the University of Malta and continued his studies in Turin. As he deemed Art Nouveau to be a decadent style, he aimed to detach himself from any reference to it. He rather adhered to the new Italian architectural fashion: monumentalism and Stile Littorio. After graduating, La Ferla worked in the architectural studio of Enrico Del Debbio in Rome, architect of the Stadio dei Marmi and Foro Italico, Foro Mussolini. In 1924, he designed the Malta's pavilion for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, together with G. Caruana. The pavilion was well received at the time, although Mark G. Muscat assesses it as "an agglomeration of past references that were all crammed into a single exhibit". The same year, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Laferla
Alberto is the Romance languages, Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic languages, Germanic ''Albert (given name), Albert''. It is used in Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertino in Italian as well as ''Tuco'' as a Spanish language hypocorism, hypocorism. It derives from the name Adalberto which in turn derives from ''Athala'' (meaning noble) and ''Berth'' (meaning bright). People * Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Alberto Airola (born 1970), Italian politician * Alberto Ascari (1918–1955), Italian racing driver * Alberto Baldonado (born 1993), Panamanian baseball player * Alberto Bello (1897–1963), Argentine actor * Alberto Beneduce (1877–1944), Italian scientist and economist * Alberto Bustani Adem (born 1954), Mexican engineer * Alberto Callaspo (born 1983,) basebal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
