BBPR
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BBPR was an architectural partnership founded in Milan
, Italy
in 1932.
The partners were Gianluigi Banfi, Lodovico Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti, and Ernesto Nathan Rogers
. From each component's family name, came the acronym "BBPR".
The practice continued under the same name after the Second World War despite the death of Banfi in Mauthausen
concentration camp.
.
BBPR reacted against the polemic of the International Style
in 1954, with the creation of the Torre Velasca
in Milan, complete with its abstract medieval references.
The tower responds to its prominent location near the Milan Cathedral in the city's historic centre.
The firm were subsequently employed to create new interior spaces and exhibition designs for the museums housed within Milan's Castello Sforzesco
which had been severely damaged by allied bombing in 1943.
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy
Italy
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in 1932.
The Partners
Ernesto Nathan Rogers
Ernesto Nathan Rogers was an Italian architect, writer and educator.-Biography:Born in Trieste, Italy he graduated from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 1932...
. From each component's family name, came the acronym "BBPR".
The practice continued under the same name after the Second World War despite the death of Banfi in Mauthausen
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mauthausen Concentration Camp grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps that was built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly east of the city of Linz.Initially a single camp at Mauthausen, it expanded over time and by the summer of 1940, the...
concentration camp.
Notable works
The firm came to notice with the abstract design for the Monument to the Victims of Nazi Concentration Camps, erected within the Cimitero Monumentale di MilanoCimitero Monumentale di Milano
The Cimitero Monumentale in Milan, Italy is a very large cemetery, noted for its abundance of highly artistic and often imposing tombs.It was designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini...
.
BBPR reacted against the polemic of the International Style
International style (architecture)
The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...
in 1954, with the creation of the Torre Velasca
Torre Velasca
The Torre Velasca is a skyscraper built in 1950s by the BBPR architectural partnership, in Milan, Italy.-Architects:...
in Milan, complete with its abstract medieval references.
The tower responds to its prominent location near the Milan Cathedral in the city's historic centre.
The firm were subsequently employed to create new interior spaces and exhibition designs for the museums housed within Milan's Castello Sforzesco
Castello Sforzesco
Castello Sforzesco is a castle in Milan, Italy, that used to be the seat and residence of the Duchy of Milan and one of the biggest citadels in Europe and now houses several of the city's museums and art collections.-History:...
which had been severely damaged by allied bombing in 1943.