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Giuseppe Sommaruga (1867–1917) was an Italian

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

of the

Liberty style Liberty style ( it, Stile Liberty) was the Italian variant of Art Nouveau, which flourished between about 1890 and 1914. It was also sometimes known as ''stile floreale'', ''arte nuova'', or ''stile moderno''. It took its name from Arthur Lasenby ...

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movement. He was the pupil of

Camillo Boito Camillo Boito (; 30 October 1836 – 28 June 1914) was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist. Biography Boito was born in Rome, the son of an Italian painter of miniatures. His mother was of Poli ...

and

Luca Beltrami Luca Beltrami (November 13, 1854 – August 8, 1933) was an Italian architect and architectural historian, known particularly for restoration projects. Biography Beltrami was born in Milan. He was initially a student at the Politecnico in Mila ...

to the

Brera Academy The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di ...

in Milan. His monumental architecture exerted some influence''Futurist architecture and Angiolo Mazzoni’s manifesto of aerial architecture'', published in VV.AA. ''Angiolo Mazzoni e l'Architettura Futurista'' - p.11 on the futurist architect

Antonio Sant'Elia Antonio Sant'Elia (; 30 April 1888 – 10 October 1916) was an Italian architect and a key member of the Futurist movement in architecture. He left behind almost no completed works of architecture and is primarily remembered for his bold sk ...

. Some of his works: * Grand Hotel Campo de' Fiori in Campo dei Fiori, close to Varese (1909–1912) * Mausoleo Faccanoni in

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(1907) * Palazzina Salmoiraghi in Milan * Palazzo Castiglioni in Milan (1901–1904)

References

Bibliography

* VV.AA. ''Angiolo Mazzoni e l'Architettura Futurista'', Supplement of CE.S.A.R. September/December 2008 (Available at ) * Andrea Speziali. ''Italian Liberty. Una nuova stagione dell'Art Nouveau'', Risguardi, Forlì 2015

External links

Website to celebrate the centennial of his death
19th-century Italian architects 20th-century Italian architects Architects from Milan 1867 births 1917 deaths Brera Academy alumni Art Nouveau architects {{Italy-architect-stub