Terrani, Giuseppe

In 1921 he graduated from the Technical College in Meda and entered the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic Institute in Milan , which he graduated in 1926 . In 1927, along with his brother Attilio Giuseppe, opens his own architectural studio in Como , where he worked until his death. His work fell on the period of the fascist regime of Mussolini . He was influenced by Antonio Sant'Elia . Together with architects Adalberto Libera , Ubaldo Castalloni, Luigi Fiigini, Guido Frette, Giuseppe Pagano, Gino Pollini , Carlo Enrico Rava and Sebastiano Larco in 1926 founded the Group of Seven, which contributed to the spread of ideas of rationalism in Italy. It was a team of professionals who sought to extend the existing architectural thinking and the search for formal and functional potential through the adoption of Italian rationalism. Members of the organization struggled with manifestations of neoclassicism and neo-baroque architecture. The group published the Manifesto for the Defense of Rationalism in Architecture and founded the Movement of Italian Rational Architecture MIAR (Movimento italiano architettura razionale) ^[6] . On the occasion of the first Italian exhibition of rational architecture, which was held in Rome in 1928 , the Group of Seven was expanded to include fifty architects from various regions of Italy.

Throughout his career, which lasted only 13 years, Terrani created a small but wonderful group of designs, most of which were built in Como , which was one of the centers of modern architecture in Italy. These works form the core of Italian rationalistic or modernist architecture ^[7] . Terrani was also one of the leaders of the astrattisti comaschi art group with Mario Radice and Manlio Ro, which was also one of the significant events in Italian contemporary art. The first building constructed by Giuseppe Terrani perfectly expressing the importance of rational architecture was the Novocomum residential building in Como (1927-29). During the debate, there was a strong polemic against the building, it was called "transatlantic." In particular, the Terrangian volumetric installation reverses the traditional model, and the angle solution combines this building with such foreign models as the Zuyev House of Culture in Moscow (1926-28), structuralist Ilya Golosov , and the building built by Golosov on a competitive basis for Elektrobank in Moscow ( 1926 ) ^[8] . In 1932, Terranhi participated in the "Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution . " His most famous work is the Casa del Fasio house built in Como. It was started in 1932 and completed in 1936 , and was decorated with frescoes by abstract artist Mario Radice. In 1938, on the orders of the fascist government of Mussolini, Terrani began to build Danteum - a monument to Dante Alighieri . The project of the monument, conceived as an allegory of the Divine Comedy, was presented at the exhibition in 1942 in Rome . In his latest projects, Terranha achieved a more pronounced Mediterranean character of architecture by merging modern theory and tradition. Terrani died of cerebral thrombosis on the stairs of his bride’s house in Como in 1943 .

• Facade of the first two floors of Barchetta in Como (1926 - 27);
• Novocomum in Como (1927 - 29);
• Monument to the fallen in the First World War (1926 - 32);
• Como War Memorial (1931 - 32);
• Tomb, Como (1932);
• The exhibition of the fascist revolution in Rome (1932);
• Albergo Posta, Como (1930 - 35);
• Project Villa with a marina (1932);
• Casa del Fashio in Como (1932 - 36);
• People's House in Milan (1933 - 35) co-authored with Pietro Lingery;
• Villa Lempicka in Brienno (1933), not finished;
• Toninello House in Milan (1933), co-authored by Pietro Lingery;
• Casa Ghiringhelli in Milan (1933) in collaboration with Pietro Lingery;
• Vacation home on the lake for an artist (an unrealized project for the V Triennale di Milano , 1933), with Ceredgini, Del`Aqua, Giussani, Lingeri, Mantero, Ortelli, Poncho, Root and Nizzoli;
• Monument to Roberto Sarfatti on the Asiago Plateau (1934);
• Lavezzari House in Milan (1934), co-authored with Pietro Lingery;
• Rustique Comolli in Milan (1935) in collaboration with Pietro Lingery;
• Villa Bianchi in Rebbio, (1935-1937);
• The project of a villa on the lake, (1936);
• Rowing Hall at the National Sports Exhibition, co-authored with Pietro Lingery;
• The Palazzo Terrani in Lisson , formerly Casa del Fasio, in Brianza (1938-1940) ^[9] ;
• White Villa in Seveso (1936-1937);
• Sant Elia Shelter in Como (1936-1937);
• House of Pedrallo (1935-1937);
• Giuliani Friggerio House in Como (1939-1942).