Arturo Mezzedimi (19 June 1922 – 30 May 2010) was an Italian architect who worked principally in East Africa and the Middle East. He designed more than a hundred buildings in the Horn of Africa, among them Addis Ababa City Hall and Africa Hall,[1][2] and planned more than twenty urban centres in Ethiopia.[3] In 1965 he received the Mangia d'Oro prize of the city of Siena,[4] and in 1972 was made a Grande Ufficiale of the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.[5]
Arturo Mezzedimi | |
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Born | 19 June 1922 |
Died | 30 May 2010 | (aged 87)
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | Istituto Tecnico per Geometri Vittorio Bottego, Asmara |
Occupation | Architect |
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Website | arturomezzedimi |
References
edit- ^ a b [Adnkronos] (2 June 2010). Architetti: e' morto Arturo Mezzedimi, creo' il Palazzo Africa ad Adis Abeba (in Italian). AdnKronos. Accessed April 2017.
- ^ Architecture Beyond Europe: Aspirations and Contradictions in Shaping A Cosmopolitan Africa: Arturo Mezzedimi (Textes intégral)
- ^ Enrico Mania (2010). Le profonde tracce del lavoro lasciate da Arturo Mezzedimi (in Italian). Il Corno d'Africa. Accessed April 2017.
- ^ Albo Premi Mangia 1952–2012 (in Italian). Comune di Siena. Accessed April 2017.
- ^ Mezzedimi Arch. Arturo (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica. Accessed April 2017.