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Giuseppe Terragni
b. Meda, 1904;
d. Como, 1943.
Italian Famous Architect, Giuseppe Terragni was a leading Italian Rationalist and Gruppo Sette member from Como. Terragni studied at the Technical College, Como (1917-21), before carrying out his architectural training at the Milan Polytechnic (1921-6). He opened an office in Como with his brother Attilio in 1927 and they [...]

Only two years before his tragic death in the First World War, Antonio Sant’Elia had published a spirited manifesto accompanied by a collection of visionary drawings which were to become some of the most potent architectural images of the Twentieth Century.