Gino Pollini

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Olivetti building in Ivrea, designed by G.Pollini and L.Figini, 1955-1958

Gino Pollini (19 January 1903 in Rovereto – 25 January 1991 in Milan) was an Italian architect.[1]

Life[]

Gino Pollini was born in Rovereto on January 19, 1903 to Luigi Pollini, a shopkeeper, and Teresa Miori Pollini.[2] At the time of Pollini's birth, Rovereto was part of Austria. After WWI, the city became part of the north eastern region of Trentino–Alto Adige in Italy. In 1921, he began studies at the Politecnico di Milano, taking courses off and on, and received his architecture degree in 1927.[2] He married , sister of sculptor Fausto Melotti and cousin of theorist Carlo Belli, in February of 1931.[2] They had a child Maurizio in 1942.[2]

Career[]

In 1926 Pollini joined Gruppo 7 (, , , , Giuseppe Terragni, ), and from 1929 he worked in collaboration with .[2] Figini & Pollini had a long association with the Olivetti company from 1934 through 1957, designing many of their headquarters buildings at Ivrea.[3] In 1927, Pollini was invited by the architect to travel to Stuttgart with Gruppo 7 members Rava and Libera to work on clarifying a new language for modernist architecture.[2] He also taught architecture in Milan and Palermo.

  • Figini & Pollini, church of the Madonna dei Poveri, Milan (1952-54). Photo by Paolo Monti, 1960

  • Figini & Pollini, Olivetti head offices in Ivrea. New ICO yards, reading room. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1960

References[]

  1. ^ "Gino Pollini". architectuul.com.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "POLLINI, Gino in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-10-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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