Meda, Italy 18/4/1904 – Como, Italy, 19/7/1943

Italian architect and designer, Giuseppe Terragni graduated from the Politecnico of Milan in 1926. A few months later he puts his name, alongside L. Figini, G. Frette, S. Larco, A. Libera, G. Pollini and C. E. Rava to four articles published in the magazine “Rassegna Italiana” which defined italian rationalism: “Gruppo 7” was officially born.
Terragni supported facism but his architecture – open, orginal and ahead of its time – remains outside the culture of the regime and earns him a great deal of criticism from the academic world.
In 1927 Terragni opened his studio together with his engineer brother Attilio, and begins working with Zuccoli. His points of reference are Gropius, Le Corbusier and dutch architects. In 1933 he begins working with Pietro Lingeri: together completing five apartment buildings.
In 1938 Terragni was called up to fight: he returned from the Russian front in 1943 and subsequently suffered a serious nervous breakdown.