Walter Di Salvo
Walter Di Salvo (20 July 1926 – 22 February 2017) was an Italian architect responsible for planning the layout of Punta Ala (Grosseto, Italy). He also designed many important buildings in Punta Ala including the La Vela bar (1960), the church of Consolata (1961), Villa Rusconi and Villa Marzocchi (1962), Villa Nanni (1963), villa Di Gravio and the restaurant bar La Bussola (1965). In 1976 he built his own house Villa Di Salvo.
Walter Di Salvo
- Name
- Walter Di Salvo
- Born
- 20 July 1926
- Birthplace
- Florence, Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- Architect Urban planner
- Died
- 22 February 2017
- Place of death
- Massa Marittima, Tuscany, Italy
- Education
- University of Florence
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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Walter Di Salvo (20 July 1926 – 22 February 2017) was an Italian architect responsible for planning the layout of Punta Ala (Grosseto, Italy). He also designed many important buildings in Punta Ala including the La Vela bar (1960), the church of Consolata (1961), Villa Rusconi and Villa Marzocchi (1962), Villa Nanni (1963), villa Di Gravio and the restaurant bar La Bussola (1965). In 1976 he built his own house Villa Di Salvo.
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Walter Di Salvo (1926–2017) was an Italian and Italian architect. Born in Florence, the architect died in Massa Marittima. Walter Di Salvo studied at University of Florence. Languages used include Italian.
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He created more than 180 projects. In 1987, he took part at the Fiat's Novoli Project in Florence, together with other architects such as Giovanni Michelucci, Richard Rogers, Bruno Zevi, Leonardo Ricci and Rob Krier. He also designed the shopping gallery of the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station.
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• Name — Walter Di Salvo • Born — 20 July 1926 • Birthplace — Florence, Kingdom of Italy • Occupation — Architect Urban planner • Died — 22 February 2017 • Place of death — Massa Marittima, Tuscany, Italy • Education — University of Florence
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1926
Walter Di Salvo was born on 20 July 1926.
2017
Walter Di Salvo died on 22 February 2017.
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- “Walter Di Salvo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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He was awarded the IN-ARCH Prize for Tuscany, in 1990.
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- 1.Walter Di Salvo. Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche.
- 2.https://issuu.com/universitas_studiorum/docs/wds_online_preprint
- 3.Barbara Catalani. Itinerari di architettura contemporanea. Grosseto e provincia. ETS. 2011.
- 4.Catalani, Del Francia, Tombari (2011), p. 30.
- 5.Regione Toscana. Villa Rusconi-Quiriconi. L'architettura in Toscana.
- 6.Catalani, Del Francia, Tombari (2011), p. 32.
- 7.Regione Toscana. Villa Nanni. L'architettura in Toscana.
- 8.Catalani, Del Francia, Tombari (2011), p. 42.
- 9.Catalani, Del Francia, Tombari (2011), p. 48.
- 10.Regione Toscana. Villa Di Salvo. L'architettura in Toscana.
- 11.Giovanni Klaus Koenig. Casa dell'architetto a Punta Ala. L'architettura. Cronache e storia. 2. February 1983.
- 12.Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi. Architetti d'Italia. Walter Di Salvo, l'ostracizzato. Artribune. 10 December 2019.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Barbara Catalani. Itinerari di architettura contemporanea. Grosseto e provincia. ETS. 2011.
- Marco Del Francia. Walter Di Salvo. Poetiche wrightiane in Maremma. Architetture Grosseto. ETS. 4–5. 2008.
- Marco Del Francia. Walter Di Salvo (1926-2017). Il vissuto umano e professionale di Walter Di Salvo. Architetture Grosseto. ETS. 22. 2017.
- Stefano Giommoni. Walter Di Salvo ed il piano di Punta Ala. Il connubio disciplinare tra l'architettura e l'urbanistica. Architetture Grosseto. ETS. 22. 2017.
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