Leonardo Savioli (30 March 1917 – 11 May 1982) was an Italian architect and painter.
Life and career
Savioli was born in
Florence
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in 1917. In 1935, he completed his classical studies and enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture at the
University of Florence
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History
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In 1941, he graduated with a thesis supervised by
Giovanni Michelucci and became one of the leading figures of the so-called "Tuscan School", starting with his collaboration with
Giuseppe Giorgio Gori and
Leonardo Ricci. They most notably designed the Flower Market of
Pescia in 1948, which earned him the first prize at the 2nd Biennale of the
São Paulo Museum of Art
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in 1953.
During the Reconstruction years, he designed bridges and city master plans, including that of Florence (1949–1951). In 1950, he married artist
Flora Wiechmann.
Savioli died in Florence in 1982 and is buried in the
Allori Cemetery.
Works (selection)
*Mercato dei Fiori (Flower Market),
Pescia (1948–1951, with Emilio Brizzi, Enzo Gori,
Giuseppe Giorgio Gori, and
Leonardo Ricci)
*Florence Masterplan (1949–1951, with Lando Bartoli,
Edoardo Detti, Sirio Pastorini, Giuseppe Sagrestani)
*Casa Savioli in
Galluzzo, Florence (1950–1952)
*Villa Torelli in Bellosguardo, Florence (1954)
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Prato
Prato ( ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') in Tuscany, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Prato. The city lies in the northeast of Tuscany, at an elevation of , at the foot of Monte Retaia (the last peak in the Calvana ch ...
Masterplan (1956–1958)
*Sorgane Housing, Florence (1957–1963)
*Villa Sandroni,
Arezzo
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(1962–1964)
*Villa Taddei, Florence (1964, with Danilo Santi)
*Villa Bayon in San Gaggio, Florence (1965–1972)
*Residential Building in Via Piagentina, Florence (1964–1967, with Danilo Santi)
*Ponte Giovanni da Verrazzano, Florence (1967–1970, with Carlo Damerini and Vittorio Scalesse)
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1917 births
1982 deaths
20th-century Italian architects
Architects from Florence