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Giovanni Pellegrini

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Giovanni Pellegrini
Born(1908-09-28)28 September 1908
Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died11 May 1995(1995-05-11) (aged 86)
Como, Lombardy, Italy
Alma materPolytechnic University of Milan
OccupationArchitect

Giovanni Pellegrini (28 September 1908 – 11 May 1995) was an Italian architect.[1]

He graduated in architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1931 and started working in the architectural firm of Alberto Alpago Novello [it], Ottavio Cabiati [it] and Guido Ferrazza [it].[1] He went to Libya in 1933 and distinguished himself as a colonial architect of Italian Rationalism, designing several buildings and planned towns in Tripolitania.[1][2][3][4][5] After World War II he designed public housing and urban plans in the city of Milan.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d D'Amia, Giovanni (2015). "PELLEGRINI, Giovanni". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 82: Pazzi–Pia (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
  2. ^ D'Amia, Giovanna (2011). "L'urbanistica coloniale di Giovanni Pellegrini e la pianificazione di villaggi libici". Territorio (57): 125–134. doi:10.3280/TR2011-057016.
  3. ^ Fariello, Francesco (1935). "Edifici a Tripoli. Architetto Giovanni Pellegrini". Architettura (XIV): 150–155.
  4. ^ Godoli, Ezio; Giacomelli, Milva (2005). Architetti e ingegneri italiani dal Levante al Magreb (1848-1945). Florence: Maschietto Editore. pp. 269–273.
  5. ^ Santoianni, Vittorio. Il Razionalismo nelle colonie italiane 1928-1943. La «nuova architettura» delle Terre d'Oltremare (PDF). Naples: Università di Napoli. pp. 181–193.

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