Pietro Fenoglio
Pietro Fenoglio (Turin, 3 May 1865 – Corio, 22 August 1927) was an engineer, architect and banker, considered one of the leading exponents of Turin's Art Nouveau style.[1][2]
The architect
He graduated as an engineer in 1886 from the Scuola di applicazione in Turin and began designing around 1889, after a period as a drawing teacher; he worked with Gottardo Gussoni and with the engineer Marinari, signing more than one hundred projects.[2][1] He was among the organisers of the 1902 International Exhibition of Decorative Art and among the founders of the magazine «L'architettura italiana moderna».[2]
Works
His best-known work is Casa Fenoglio-La Fleur at Via Principi d'Acaja 11, designed in 1902 as his own house and studio, with a corner tower and a bow window topped by a canopy reminiscent of Hector Guimard's Paris Métro stations.[3] His other works include the Villino Raby on Corso Francia (1901), Villa Scott on Corso Giovanni Lanza (1902), where Dario Argento filmed scenes of «Profondo rosso», and Casa Macciotta on Corso Francia (1904).[4][5][6] He also designed industrial buildings, such as the Fiorio tannery (1900), the Metzger brewery (1903) and the Itala factory (1905), and from 1902 he oversaw the Leumann village in Collegno.[2][1] In 1901 he enlarged the entrance of the Teatro Alfieri.[7]
The banker
He was a Turin city councillor from 1902 and, briefly in 1905, served as councillor for the city's master plan; he was also a board member of the Società Idroelettrica Piemontese.[1][2] Having given up architectural design, he joined the Banca Commerciale Italiana, where he was managing director alongside Giuseppe Toeplitz from 1917 and deputy chairman from 1920.[1]
Related articles: Cit Turin, Corso Francia, Piazza Solferino, Società Idroelettrica Piemontese, Teatro Alfieri
Pages linking here
- Cit Turin
- Collegno
- Corso Francia
- International Exposition of Industry and Labor (1911)
- Piazza Solferino
- Società Idroelettrica Piemontese
- Teatro Alfieri
- Venchi