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

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

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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