The Bosco Verticale in the Quadronno district of Milan
Angelo Mangiarotti (26 February 1921 – 2 July 2012) was an Italian architect and industrial designer. His designs were mostly for industrial buildings and railway stations.[2] In 1994 he received the Compasso d'Oro award of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale for his lifetime of achievement.[3]
Life and work
The "3 cylinders house", Milan, photographed by Paolo Monti in 1970
Mangiarotti was born in Milan in 1921. He studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, graduating in 1948.[3]
From 1955 to 1960 he had an architectural and design studio in Milan in partnership with Bruno Morassutti [it],[2][3] and in 1965 was among the founding members of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale.[2] He held a number of teaching positions, many of them outside Italy. In 1989 he established an architectural practice in Tokyo.[2]
Among Mangiarotti’s most prominent industrial design objects are the Lesbo and Saffo Murano lamps for Artemide in 1966,[4] as well as the Giogali chandeliers for Vistosi in 1967. Further acclaimed designs are his Carrara marble and stone tables relying on gravity joints: Eros, 1971; Incas, 1978; Asolo, 1981. Mangiarotti’s 1980 silver vases and decanters are part of MoMA’s collection.
Books
His book In nome dell'architettura was published by Jaca Book [it] in Milan in 1987.[2]
