Brian Kish
Luigi Dominioni
*7. 12. 1913 – Milan, Italy
†13. 11. 2016 – Milan, Italy
“His aesthetics were sober, yet bold and ambitious. It was filled with a mystery that resembled no other architectural work of the second half of the 20th century. In my opinion, he continued in the path of Adolf Loos into new, uncharted territories.”
Biography
Luigi Caccia Dominioni was an Italian architect, designer, and urban planner. Along with Gio Ponti and Ignazio Gardella, he was among the trio of the most prominent post-war Milanese creators.
He was born into the family of lawyer Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni and Maria Paravicini in a house on Milan's Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, which was destroyed in an air raid in August 1943 and subsequently rebuilt by L. Dominioni. He was part of the Milanese noble family Caccia Dominioni originating from Novara. His cousin was Paolo Caccia Dominioni, the 14th Baron of Sillavengo, an engineer, writer, partisan, and soldier who became famous for his battles in North Africa during World War I and II.
He attended elementary school and a technical high school at the Istituto Leone XIII run by Jesuits. In 1931, he enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture at the Regio Istituto Tecnico Superiore (future Milan Polytechnic). During his university studies, he met Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Cesare Cattaneo, Giannino Bernasconi, and future founders of the BBPR studio. His teachers were Luigi Moretti and Piero Portaluppi. He graduated in 1936 and subsequently gained professional experience in Venice. In 1937, he opened a shared studio with brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. His first projects involved industrial design of radio receivers for the company Phonola, presented in 1938.
From 1939
Luigi Caccia Dominioni was an Italian architect, designer, and urban planner. Along with Gio Ponti and Ignazio Gardella, he was among the trio of the most prominent post-war Milanese creators.
He was born into the family of lawyer Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni and Maria Paravicini in a house on Milan's Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, which was destroyed in an air raid in August 1943 and subsequently rebuilt by L. Dominioni. He was part of the Milanese noble family Caccia Dominioni originating from Novara. His cousin was Paolo Caccia Dominioni, the 14th Baron of Sillavengo, an engineer, writer, partisan, and soldier who became famous for his battles in North Africa during World War I and II.
He attended elementary school and a technical high school at the Istituto Leone XIII run by Jesuits. In 1931, he enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture at the Regio Istituto Tecnico Superiore (future Milan Polytechnic). During his university studies, he met Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Cesare Cattaneo, Giannino Bernasconi, and future founders of the BBPR studio. His teachers were Luigi Moretti and Piero Portaluppi. He graduated in 1936 and subsequently gained professional experience in Venice. In 1937, he opened a shared studio with brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. His first projects involved industrial design of radio receivers for the company Phonola, presented in 1938.
From 1939
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