Angelo Mangiarotti
Italy — b. 1921 — d. 2012
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Biography
Born in Milan in 1921, Angelo Mangiarotti studied architecture at the Politechnical School of Milan.
He built a career in architecture and industrial design. In 1953, Mangiarotti moved in the United States and worked as a professor at the Technological Institute of Illinois, where he met Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ; distinguished personnalities of Bauhaus.
In 1960, Mangiarotti returned to Italy and founded an architecture agency with Bruno Morasutti. In 1989, he developped Mangiarotti & Associates Office, an agency based in Tokyo.
Mangiarotti concentrated his work in the plastic research in its globality...
Born in Milan in 1921, Angelo Mangiarotti studied architecture at the Politechnical School of Milan.
He built a career in architecture and industrial design. In 1953, Mangiarotti moved in the United States and worked as a professor at the Technological Institute of Illinois, where he met Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ; distinguished personnalities of Bauhaus.
In 1960, Mangiarotti returned to Italy and founded an architecture agency with Bruno Morasutti. In 1989, he developped Mangiarotti & Associates Office, an agency based in Tokyo.
Mangiarotti concentrated his work in the plastic research in its globality.
He received many prizes for his work as architect and designer like : Domus Formica Prize in 1956 as well as Il Compasso d’Oro ADI for his career in 1994.