Ferdinando Poggi (architect)

Ferdinando Poggi
Born(1902-02-15)15 February 1902
Brescia, Kingdom of Italy[1]
DiedOctober 1986(1986-10-00) (aged 84)
Florence, Italy
OccupationsArchitect, engineer

Ferdinando Poggi (15 February 1902 – October 1986) was an Italian architect and engineer mainly active in Tuscany and in Albania during the Italian occupation.

Life and career

Ferdinando Poggi was the son of Giuseppina Canonico, daughter of magistrate Tancredi Canonico, and Leone Poggi (1867–1953), a civil engineer, and grandson of Enrico Poggi (1812–1890), magistrate and Minister of Justice of the Tuscan government. His great-uncle Giuseppe Poggi was the architect responsible for major urban works during the period when Florence became the capital of Italy.[2]

He graduated in civil engineering in Rome in 1924. During the 1930s, he directed construction works for the Istituto Benito Mussolini in Rome and the Istituto Nazionale Fascista della Previdenza Sociale in Padua.[2][3]

During World War II, he worked in Albania alongside architect Gherardo Bosio on the transformation of the Villa Reale in Tirana for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also designed the Casa del Fascio.[4][5]

After the war, Poggi focused on restoration and renovation projects in Florence and across Tuscany.[2]

Poggi died in Florence in 1986.[2]

References

  1. ^ Albo professionale architetti. Toscana. 1941. p. 12.
  2. ^ a b c d "Poggi Ferdinando". Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche. Ministero della cultura.
  3. ^ Insabato, Elisabetta; Ghelli, Cecilia (2007). Guida agli archivi di architetti e ingegneri del Novecento in Toscana. Florence: Edifir. pp. 289–291.
  4. ^ Calace, Francesca, ed. (2012). "Restituiamo la Storia" – Dagli archivi ai territori. Architetture e modelli urbani nel Mediterraneo orientale. Rome: Gangemi. pp. 49–50.
  5. ^ Cozzi, Mauro, ed. (2008). The Presence of Italian Architects in Mediterranean Countries. Proceedings of the First International Conference: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Chatby, Alexandria, November 15th-16th 2007. M&m. pp. 295–302.
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