Paolo Vietti-Violi
*20. 6. 1882 – Grandson, Switzerland
†25. 12. 1965 – Vogogna, Italy
Biography
Paolo Vietti-Violi was an Italian modernist architect who was born (into a family of Italian merchants) in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. He studied in Geneva and Paris, where he graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1907. He then moved to Milan, where he graduated again from the Royal Polytechnic in 1914 to practice his profession in Italy. He subsequently started a career as a designer in the field of sports facilities, such as racetracks, stadiums, and their ancillary buildings. His work was featured in the Summer Olympic Games in 1928. The range of his projects was very diverse, as evidenced by the various architectural aspects that reflect the rationalism of the time, still influenced by the original French neoclassical style.
He earned the respect of kings, rulers, and aristocrats with his abilities. In 1907, he married Maria Biraghi Lossetti, an aristocratic heiress from the Biraghi Lossetti family of Vogogna, who gave birth to their son Emanuele the following year, who became an architect and his collaborator in Milan. During World War I, he served as an artillery officer in Genoa and in 1944 became the mayor of Vogogna during the Ossola Partisan Republic.
He worked not only in Italy but also in several countries in Central Europe; he also completed several projects in Turkey, India, East Africa, and South America.
Paolo Vietti-Violi was an Italian modernist architect who was born (into a family of Italian merchants) in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. He studied in Geneva and Paris, where he graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1907. He then moved to Milan, where he graduated again from the Royal Polytechnic in 1914 to practice his profession in Italy. He subsequently started a career as a designer in the field of sports facilities, such as racetracks, stadiums, and their ancillary buildings. His work was featured in the Summer Olympic Games in 1928. The range of his projects was very diverse, as evidenced by the various architectural aspects that reflect the rationalism of the time, still influenced by the original French neoclassical style.
He earned the respect of kings, rulers, and aristocrats with his abilities. In 1907, he married Maria Biraghi Lossetti, an aristocratic heiress from the Biraghi Lossetti family of Vogogna, who gave birth to their son Emanuele the following year, who became an architect and his collaborator in Milan. During World War I, he served as an artillery officer in Genoa and in 1944 became the mayor of Vogogna during the Ossola Partisan Republic.
He worked not only in Italy but also in several countries in Central Europe; he also completed several projects in Turkey, India, East Africa, and South America.
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