Aurelio Galfetti
Aurelio Galfetti (2 April 1936 – 5 December 2021) was a Swiss architect. • Illustration — Aurelio Galfetti • Illustration — Castelgrande, Bellinzona
Aurelio Galfetti
Aliman5040 · Self published work by Aliman5040 · Public domain
- Born
- 1936.
- Died
- 2021.
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Occupation
- architect and university teacher.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Aurelio Galfetti. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q117481 · wikipedia · Aurelio Galfetti
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
The documentary record
Statements marked “Documentary record” are set in the article beside the passage they confirm. Each is read from the authority records of the institutions named here; select “Prove” to see the record it was read from, where in that record, and when.
Institutions cited
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · Getty Union List of Artist Names
Complete reading chain (JSON)In this article
Biography
Biography
Galfetti was born in Biasca, Ticino, on 2 April 1936. Together with Mario Botta, Luigi Snozzi, and Livio Vacchini, he is one of the foremost 20th-century architects from the Canton of Ticino. One of his most important works was the renovation of Castelgrande at Bellinzona. Galfetti died on 5 December 2021, at the age of 85. His nephew is Manuel Valls, former prime minister of France.
Documentary record
Aurelio Galfetti (2 April 1936 – 6 December 2021) was an architect. The birth of Aurelio Galfetti is recorded on 2 April 1936, and the death on 6 December 2021. Aurelio Galfetti died in Bellinzona, Switzerland, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Trivia
Trivia
Galfetti's sister, the actress Luisangela Galfetti, was married to the Catalan painter Xavier Valls.
Works
Works
• Casa Rotalinti, 1961, Bellinzona • Kindergarten in Biasca, 1963–64, Biasca • Kindergarten, 1966, 1969–70, Lugano • Städtisches Freibad, 1967–70, Bellinzona • Kindergarten, 1969–71, Bedano • School centre, 1972, Riva San Vitale • School, 1972–75, Ascona • Main post office, 1981–85, Bellinzona • House Al Portone, 1984–85, Bellinzona • Tennis courts, 1985–86, Bellinzona • Leonardo residential building, 1986, Lugano • Houses Bianco e Nero, 1986, Bellinzona • Ferreti House, 1988, Gravesano • Transformation of Castelgrande, 1983–89, Bellinzona • Mediatheque, 1989–90, Chambéry • Bâtiment Ulysse, 1991–94, Lausanne • Aula polivalente, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), 1999–2002, Lugano • Net Center, 2006, Padua
Documentary record
The birthplace of Aurelio Galfetti is recorded as Lugano (Suisse) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, as Lugano by the Getty Union List of Artist Names and as Biasca by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
L'architetto Aurelio Galfetti alla premiazione del concorso Art Net Award.
Paolabonini
Centre de tennis à Bellinzone -
Wojciech Kaczura
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1936
Aurelio Galfetti born at Lugano.
2021
Aurelio Galfetti died at Bellinzona.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Aurelio Galfetti, revision 1329766275 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Castelgrande, site swisscastles.ch, consulté le 26 septembre 2010.
- 2.È morto l'architetto Aurelio Galfetti
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Brown-Manrique, Gerardo: The Ticino Guide. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1989 ( ).
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Design
11,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Aulis BlomstedtDesigner
- Aupee KarimDesigner
- Aurèle CardinalDesigner
- Aurelian AndreescuDesigner
- Aurelio Nuño MoralesDesigner
- Ausma SkujiņaDesigner
- Austen CowperjDesigner
- Austen HarrisonDesigner
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Aurelio Galfetti?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.