Vincenzo Monaco (20 July 1911 Rome – 3 March 1969,

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) was an Italian

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who collaborated wit
Amedeo Luccichenti
from 1933 to 1963. During this period, Monaco designed more than 450 projects, of which approximately 100 were built. His work can be seen in buildings in Rome,

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, and

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, as well as in

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Career

Even before receiving a degree in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome in 1934, Monaco collaborated with F. Petrucci and C. Longo in national competitions; one in 1933 to design four new postal buildings in Rome, and one in 1934 to design the Clinical Hospital of

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. In 1936, he worked with G. Calza Bini, S. Muratori, F. Petrucci, Ludovico Quaroni, and E. Tedeschi on the sixth Triennale di Milano. In 1937, Monaco began working with Luccichenti, a partnership that would last until 1963. Together, they worked on the Augustine Exhibition of the Roman Empire ( Italian: ''Mostra Augustea della Romanità'') and the

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, in 1938; buildings at the Circus Maximus in 1953; the

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for the

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in Rome from 1958–60; Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport from 1957–60; the SIAE building in EUR from 1963–65, the Roccaraso Church in 1966; and the Jolly Hotel in Rome in 1968. The collaboration between Monaco and Luccichenti influenced the design of a number of apartment buildings, villas, and Roman houses from 1945 to 1955. They were noted for their experimental and rational style, which can be seen in several buildings in Rome, including the office of the Shipping Company of Italy,

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's air travel agency on Via Barberini, a

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dealership, and the SIAE building on Via Emanuele Gianturco; the restructurations of Caffè Rosati in via Veneto at the 1946 and the night club Le Pleiadi in via Sistina, 1947, both places of worship of Dolce Vita. At the end of the 1950s, the Monaco-Luccichenti Studio was chosen by the Ministry of Public Works to manage the international engineering and architectural work for the 1960 Summer Olympics, including the Olympic Village, in collaboration with Adalberto Libera,

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, Vittorio Cafiero, and Pier Luigi Nervi. In 1955, during the presidency of

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, Monaco realized the restructuring of the Lupa Hall at Palazzo Montecitorio. Other works include the enlargement of Castelporziano, the official palace in San Rossore, the Villa Maria Pia in the estate of the president, Villa Rosebery in Naples. Other works to remember are: In Rome in 1948, Palazzina Street S. Valentino, 3; buildings between S.Crescenziano street and Via Salaria (Villa Ada Park); 1949 Building in Viale Parioli, 92-96; Buildings in via Circo Massimo 1-9; Villas in Fregene and Santa Marinella; 1951 Offices Building in Via Po; 1957 apartments building in Via Archimede 156; Building in Via Stoppani, 10; 1953 Building in Avenue Villa Grazioli, 26; Building in via Ximenes, 3; 1962 Buildings intensive in Via Prenestina, 4; 1964 Office building SIAE, viale dell'Arte at EUR; 1965, Palace at viale della Tecnica; 1968–69, Office building, in via Silvio d'Amico, (with his brother Ing. Pietro Monaco 1910-1997) the roof is designed by G. Capogrossi; Palace of Confindustria, in viale dell'Astronomia n.30,

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district, realized with his son architect Edoardo Monaco, and the parking was designed by the artist

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; 1969–71, The Jolly Hotel building in Corso d'Italia beside Villa Borghese Park. Offices SLE-ICOR Rome-Eur. In Tunis, he realizes the Complex for Congresses and banquets "La Salle des Fêtes". In the 1960, the construction of furniture of the class of Ships SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960) and

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with preparation and supervision with Nino Zoncada and

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, the works of many contemporary artists:

, Cagli, Antonio Corpora

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, Roberto Aloi, Tranquillo Marangoni,

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, Lojze Spacal. Many of Monaco's works resulted from contests held during the Fascist age. Examples include the Politic-touristic-custom buildings (1937), Office of the Fascist Confederation of traders (1939), and the moving Bridge at Magliana (1940). He joined the competition E42 (EUR, Rome) for the

(1937–38) and other projects including the preparation for the "Mostra Augustea della Romanità" (1937.)

Awards and honors

For his contributions to the modern architectural movement in Italy, particularly during the years of reconstruction after World War II, he was awarded the honor of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 25 November 1968. In 2015, he was honored with the painter

as "Studio Monaco Luccichenti" at the

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National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome, in the free permanent exhibition.

References

* Rome, Archive of architects Vincenzo Monaco e Amedeo Luccichenti * Paesaggio di Monaco e Luccichenti, newspaper Domus, 1952, n. 271, pp. 12–15 * C. Pagani, "Architettura italiana oggi", Milan 1955, ad indicem; Guida all’architettura contemporanea in Roma, by V. Bacigalupi - G. Boaga - B. Boni, Rome 1965. * P.O. Rossi, Roma. Guida all’architettura moderna 1909-1984 Editori Laterza pages.73, 84, 90, 94, 103, 119, 124, 125, 144, 177, 182. * R. Lucente, Le palazzine dello Studio di Vincenzo Monaco e Amedeo Luccichenti, Newspaper Metamorfosi, 1991, n. 15, pp. 61–64 - by Luca Ciancarelli, La Palazzina Romana degli anni '50 - The fifties mansion block in Rome, pp. 23–32. * Echi di Le Corbusier in Abruzzo - Vincenzo Monaco e la chiesa della Madonna della Neve a Roccaraso - 2015 - pg.256. di Raffaele Giannantonio - Gangemi Editore * Guida di Roma Moderna - dal 1870 ad oggi - Irene de Guttry - Edizioni De Luca 2001 . pp. 150–151. * Il Moderno attraverso Roma - 200 architetture scelte - G.Remiddi, A.Greco, A.Bonavita, P.Ferri.- Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" DAAC - Palazzo delle Esposizioni - Croma Quaderni 9 2000-2002 pg.211
Eleonora Carrano.

La modernidad silenciada.Amedeo Luccichenti y Vincenzo Monaco
', in Metalocus n.17, Madrid 2005, pp. 110
Mini Guida italian language
"Collezione Composizione" del

- Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo di Roma - free permanent exhibition - 10.10.2015 * Paolo Melis, ''Vincenzo Monaco, Amedeo Luccichenti 1929-1969'', Mondadori Electa, pp. 304, 2013.

Note

^ Official italian governative website of Quirinale
Decorated detail in Italian language - Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

External links

Vincenzo Monaco
Enciclopedia Treccani Italian language {{DEFAULTSORT:Monaco, Vincenzo 1911 births 1969 deaths Italian architectural historians Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic