Pietro Studiati Berni (architect)
Pietro Studiati Berni | |
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| Born | 26 March 1876 Pisa, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 1962 (aged 85–86) Pisa, Italy |
| Occupations | Architect, engineer |
Pietro Studiati Berni (26 March 1876 – 1962) was an Italian architect and engineer active mainly in Tuscany. He designed public buildings, hospitals, schools, villas, and urban projects, combining functional planning with decorative elements in his early works, and later focused on agricultural engineering and land reclamation.
Life and career
Studiati Berni, the son of Cesare, a physiology professor, and Giuseppina Agostini della Seta, from a noble family, studied engineering in Pisa and completed his degree at the Polytechnic University of Turin (1895–1898).[1]
He began his career in architecture around 1900, collaborating with other architects and designing a variety of buildings, including public institutions, hospitals, schools, villas, and residential blocks. In the 1920s he gradually withdrew from architectural practice and devoted himself to hydraulic engineering and land reclamation projects in his estate near Massaciuccoli, including private drainage and irrigation works. He was a member of the Accademia dei Georgofili from 1928.[1][2][3]
His son Cesare, born in 1902, was an agronomist and politician for the National Fascist Party.[4][5]
Selected works
- Chapel Schiavini Cassi, Lorenzana cemetery (1899–1900)
- Ospizio di Mendicità, Pisa (1902–1903, expansions)
- Conservatorio dei Poveri Orfani, Pisa (1903–1905)
- Villas in Marina di Pisa (1904–1907)
- Renovation of Hospital "Felice Lotti", Pontedera (1905)
- Villa Lansel, Livorno (1905–1908, destroyed)
- Villino Franco, Casciavola (1906)
- Sanatorium "Vittorio Emanuele III", Cisanello, Pisa (1907–1914)
- Casa Pardo Roques, Pisa (1909)
- Puntoni Building, Campo (1909)
- Headquarters of Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa, Piazza Dante (1911–1921)
- Various clinics in Pisa (ophthalmic, obstetric, dermatological, 1912)
- Elementary schools in Lorenzana, Orciano Pisano, Pomaia, and Santa Luce (1912)
- Cinema Lumière, Pisa (1913)
- Bridge over Serchio, Ripafratta (1914)
- Villino Tabet, Pisa (1916–1921)
- Hospital "Umberto e Margherita", Viareggio (1918)
- Residential units in Pisa (1923–1926)
References
- ^ a b "Studiati Berni Pietro". Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche. Ministero della cultura.
- ^ Bracaloni, Federico; Dringoli, Massimo, eds. (2012). Pietro Studiati Berni: Opere e progetti. Pisa: Pacini.
- ^ Insabato, Elisabetta; Ghelli, Cecilia, eds. (2007). Guida agli archivi di architetti e ingegneri del Novecento in Toscana. Florence: Edifir. pp. 356–358.
- ^ "Studiati Berni, famiglia". Sistema Archivistico Nazionale. Ministero della cultura.
- ^ Bollettino ufficiale delle nomine, promozioni e destinazioni negli ufficiali e sottufficiali del R. esercito italiano e nel personale dell'amministrazione militare. Ministero della Guerra. 1936. p. 4687.
Sources
- Bracaloni, Federico; Dringoli, Massimo, eds. (2012). Pietro Studiati Berni: Opere e progetti. Pisa: Pacini.
- Bibolini, Maria Ida (1994). L'attività architettonica di Pietro Studiati (1876–1962). Pisa: Università degli Studi di Pisa.
- Daniele, Emilia, ed. (2010). Le dimore di Pisa: l'arte di abitare i palazzi di una antica repubblica marinara dal Medioevo all'Unità d'Italia. Florence: Alinea.
- Insabato, Elisabetta; Ghelli, Cecilia, eds. (2007). Guida agli archivi di architetti e ingegneri del Novecento in Toscana. Florence: Edifir. pp. 356–358.
External links
- "Studiati Berni Pietro". Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche. Ministero della cultura.