Enrico Castiglioni

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Enrico Castiglioni
Born29 January 1914
Busto Arsizio, Lombardy, Italy
Died6 November 2000 (2000-11-07) (aged 86)
Busto Arsizio, Lombardy, Italy
SpouseLorena Fausti

Enrico Richino Castiglioni (1914-2000) was an Italian writer, engineer, and architect best known for his unbuilt and frequently unbuildable concepts for buildings. [1] Castiglioni attended the Polytechnic University of Milan, graduating with a degree in civil engineering in 1934. [2]

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Biography

Born in 1914 into a family of Busto entrepreneurs, in 1937 he received a degree in Civil engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan with highest honors and in 1939 qualified as an architect at the Faculty of Architecture in Rome.The following year he married Lorena Fausti, a Pennsylvania Italian, by whom he had four children-Stefano (with whom he collaborated on many works beginning in 1968), Giuliano, Monica and Marina. Between 1965 and 1973 he was professor in charge at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of History and theory of theatrical space. From 1971 to 1977 he was president of the Order of Architect of the Province of Varese.

On June 23, 2015, on the eve of the patron saint's day, the walkway in front of the Busto Arsizio Civic Library [3] was named after Richino Castiglioni.

References

  1. ↑ De Witt, Dennis J. (1987). Modern Architecture in Europe A Guide to Buildings Since the Industrial Revolution. Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated. ISBN   9780525482161.
  2. ↑ "Enrico Castiglioni". architectuul.com. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  3. ↑ "Una settimana di festeggiamenti per la nuova biblioteca". varesenews.it. VareseNews. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.


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