Franco Albini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Franco Albini

Italian architect, designer

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1905

Place of Birth: Robbiate, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Nov-1977

Profession: architect, university teacher, designer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Franco Albini

  • Franco Albini (17 October 1905 – 1 November 1977) was an Italian Neo-Rationalist architect, designer and university instructor in design.
  • A native of Robbiate, near Milan, Albini obtained his degree in architecture at Politecnico di Milano University in 1929 and began his professional career working for Gio Ponti.
  • He started displaying his works at Milan Triennale In 1930 he opened his own practice.
  • Through his creations, the modern furniture design merged the Italian traditional artisanship with the new forms of modernism.
  • In his creations, he used raw, inexpensive materials.
  • He exploited the very skilled Italian craftsmanship.
  • This also meant an elegant design based on a minimalist aesthetic. One of his first successful works in 1939 was a radio, encased in glass, so to show its internal components. In 1928 Albini designed the now-iconic "Albini Desk", combining steel, glass and wood with a striking minimalistic balance, and introduced by Knoll in 1949.
  • In 1950 he designed the famous and fashionable "Margherita" and "Gala" chairs, made of woven cane.
  • In 1952 he created the "Fiorenza" armchair for Arflex; in 1955 the "Luisa" chair; in 1956 the "Rocking chaise" for Poggi. In the 1960s he worked on industrial design as well as important architectural projects.
  • In 1961 he designed the Rome Rinascente building.
  • Three years later he designed with Franca Helg and Bob Noorda the Milan Metro Line 1 subway stations, and from 1969 also Milan Metro Line 2 subway stations.
  • In 1964 the television set he created for Brionvega was displayed at the Milan Triennial XIII.
  • In the same year, he created various lamps for Arteluce. Albini worked for companies including Brionvega, Cassina, Arflex, Arteluce and Poggi. He was also an architect and interior designer.
  • Among others, in 1945 he created the Zanini Fur Shop located in Milan.
  • As writer and editor, from 1945 to 1946 he worked for the Italian magazine Casabella.
  • In the 1950s and 1960s he taught interior design at the Venice School of Architecture (Università Iuav di Venezia).
  • From 1963 to 1977 he taught design at Milan Polytechnic (Politecnico di Milano).Albini obtained three Compasso d'Oro awards, the most prestigious Italian design prize.

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