Saverio Muratori
Saverio Muratori (Modena, 1910 – Rome, 1973) was an Italian architect, regarded as one of the pioneers of typomorphological investigations of urban form.
Saverio Muratori
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- Born
- 1910 · Modena.
- Died
- 1973 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- architect · historian
- Languages
- Italian
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Saverio Muratori (Modena, 1910 – Rome, 1973) was an Italian architect, regarded as one of the pioneers of typomorphological investigations of urban form.
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Saverio Muratori (1910–1973) was an architect and historian, of Italian and Italian nationality. The architect was born in Modena and died in Rome. Languages used include Italian.
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• Illustration — ENPAS palace (later INPDAP), Bologna, 1956-1957. Photo by Paolo Monti Following the completion of his degree in 1933, Muratori wrote articles in the magazine Architettura. After World War II, he was involved in housing projects in Rome, and designed public buildings in Bologna, Pisa and Rome. In 1952 he started teaching at the University of Venice, but in 1954 he moved back to Rome where he became Professor of Architectural Composition.
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Muratori's work has been highly influential on architectural design theory and practice in Italy as well as internationally. He is considered the "spiritual father" of architects such as Aldo Rossi and Carlo Aymonino. His principal follower in the study of typomorphology was Gianfranco Caniggia, one of his early assistants.
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- Chapter 5 Saverio Muratori and the Italian School of Planning Typology, Urban Morphology, Architectural Typology and Cities in Transition, 2021
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091931151, Saverio Muratori - Architetto, 1910-1973 - il Pensiero e l'Opera (1983; Pienza + 1983; Genova etc.).
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- 1.Moudon, Anne Vernez, "Getting to Know the Built Landscape: Typomorphology", in Franck, Karen A and Lynda H Schneekloth, Ordering Space: Types in Architecture and Design, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994
- 2.Cataldi G. et al., "Saverio Muratori and the Italian school of planning typology" in Urban Morphology, nr. 6/1, 2002
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Chapter 5 Saverio Muratori and the Italian School of Planning Typology, Urban Morphology, Architectural Typology and Cities in Transition, 2021Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091931151, Saverio Muratori - Architetto, 1910-1973 - il Pensiero e l'Opera (1983; Pienza + 1983; Genova etc.).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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