Annibale Rigotti (30 October 1870 – 8 March 1968) was an Italian architect, teacher, designer and urban planner.

Biography

Born in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...

, he was educated in architecture at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1890. In 1893 he accompanied Raimondo d'Aronco to work on the Istanbul Exhibition of Agriculture and Industry in

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, but the exhibition was cancelled due to the 1894 Istanbul earthquake. He worked on the restoration of

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, designed a railway station in

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and two theatres in

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(1893–96). He soon returned to Italy, where he married Maria Calvi on 1 December 1890. He produced numerous architectural works, including the Villa Falconi in Domodossola, which has been regarded as one of his finest works, and became the editor of the ''L'artista moderno'' in 1902. He travelled to Siam (

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) in 1907, where he collaborated with Mario Tamagno and engineer Carlo Allegri to design the

Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall The Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall ( th, พระที่นั่งอนันตสมาคม : ''Phra Thinang Anantasamakhom'': translated as 'The place of immense gathering'Noobanjong, page 167) is a royal reception hall in Dusit Palace i ...

. He returned to Italy in 1909 before the hall's completion, but acted as a coordinator for the delivery of materials and supplies. He went to

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again in 1923 and stayed until 1926. During this time he designed Villa Norasingh and the gardens of Saranrom Palace, and served as chief architect in the Public Works Department. He continued working in Turin, collaborating with D'Aronco and, later, his son Giorgio Rigotti, with whom he designed the Palazzo a Vela in 1961. Rigotti served many teaching positions. He taught at the Germano Sommeiller Technical Institute from 1893 to 1923, the

Polytechnic University of Turin The Polytechnic University of Turin ( it, Politecnico di Torino) is the oldest Italian public technical university. The university offers several courses in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning and Industrial Design, and is con ...

from 1910, and the Turin Royal School of Architecture from 1931 to 1933. He died on 8 March 1968 in Turin.

Notable contributions

*Giaccone house, Turin (1890–93; with Raimondo d'Aronco and Riccardo Brayda) *Konya Railway Station, Turkey (1893–96) *Municipal theatres in Varna and Sitov,

(1893–96) *Elementary school at

Sommariva del Bosco Sommariva del Bosco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 1 January 2017, it had a population of 6 304 and an area of .All demograp ...

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(1897) * Cagliari town hall (1897) *Palazzina Vitale, Turin (1898) *"Oil and wine" Pavilion and Banfi Pavilion at the

Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna The Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna ( en, First International Exposition of Modern Decorative Arts), held in Turin, Italy in 1902 (opened 10 May), was a world arts exhibition that was important in spreading the popularity ...

(1902) *Villa Falcioni,

Domodossola Domodossola (; Lombard: Dòm) is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossola ...

(1902–04) *Toesca house, Turin (1903) * Cogne Railway Station,

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(1904) *Palazzina Baravalle, Turin (1906) *

, Bangkok, Thailand (1908–15; collaboration) *

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, Bangkok (1910) *Siam pavilion at the 1911

Turin International The Turin International was a world's fair held in Turin in 1911 titled ''Esposizione internazionale dell'industria e del lavoro''. It received 7,409,145 visits and covered 247 acres. Summary The fair opened on 29 April, was held just nine ye ...

(with Mario Tamagno) *Layout of Piazza d'Armi, Turin (1912; urban planning, with Raimondo d'Aronco) *Development plan for Mondovì, Cuneo (1915) * Villa Norasingh, Bangkok (1923–25; collaboration) *Circolo degli Artisti, Turin (1915) *Fabbrica Italiana Tubi Metallici factory, Turin (1937–38; with Giorgio Rigotti) * Palazzo a Vela, Turin (1961, with Giorgio Rigotti)

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