Achille Manfredini (13 May 1869 – 1920) was an Italian architect and engineer, active in the Liberty style or Art Nouveau movement.
While born in Catanzaro, Calabria, his family hailed from Milan. He graduated from the Politechnic institute of Milan. His monumental architecture exerted some influence[1] on the futurist architect Antonio Sant'Elia.
Circa 1910, Manfredini developed a controversial project for a 14 story skyscraper planned for the piazza where the former church of San Giovanni in Conca was located. The project was derided by critics as an Americanata. The opinions of skyscraper in central Milan were divided among prominent architects of the time. The project was supported by Luigi Broggi and opposed by Luca Beltrami.[2][3]
He became founder and editor of the trade journal for architecture and engineering Monitore tecnico, which began publication in 1894.[4]
Works in Milan edit
- Casa Lancia (1905) demolished in 1939, to allow for the construction of the Palazzo del Banco di Roma
- Casa Vanoni (1907)
- Kursaal Diana (1907)
- Casa Giovini (1909)
References edit
- ^ Futurist architecture and Angiolo Mazzoni’s manifesto of aerial architecture, published in VV.AA. Angiolo Mazzoni e l'Architettura Futurista - p.11
- ^ Il Tentativo de un'Americanata a Milano, by Armando Foresia, in the journal La Casa, (16 November 1910) page 425.
- ^ The Work of Antonio Sant'Elia: Retreat Into the Future by Meyer E. Dacosta, Esther da Costa Meyer, Antonio Sant'Elia (1995); Page 134.
- ^ Il Monitore Tecnico, 1905 edition.
Bibliography edit
- Giorgio Rumi, Enrico Decleva: Milano nell'Italia liberale, 1898-1922, Cariplo 1993 (cassa di Risparmio delle provincie lombarde S.p.A.).
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