Giuseppe Vaccaro (Bologna, 30 April 1896 – Rome, 11 September 1970) was an Italian architect.

Life and career

Born in

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on 30 April 1896, Vaccaro graduated from the city's Academy of Fine Arts. He later worked as an assistant to Attilio Muggia. One of his earliest works was the design of the

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in Naples. Much of his work was in a Rationalist style. Notable examples include the Casa del Fascio in

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, the Ex-Cooperativa tra Invalidi e Mutilati di Guerra in Bologna (1929) and the Faculty of Engineering in Bologna (1931-35). Vaccaro was one of the architects chosen to submit an urban plan for Italian-occupied

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. He also worked on plans for the

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district of Rome and, together with Gino Franzi, was one of the finalists in the competition to design the

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- the mausoloeum of

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in Ankara. He remained a popular architect after the War. One of his first commissions was the reconstruction of the historical center of

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. One of his most notable post-War projects was the Train of Barca in

. He died in 1970.

References

1896 births 1970 deaths {{improve categories, date=October 2023 Italian architects