Attilio Muggia
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Attilio Giacomo Muggia (Venice, 2 April 1861 – Bologna, 18 February 1936) was an Italian engineer and architect.
Life and career
[edit]Muggia was born in Venice to a Jewish family.[1]
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One of his most notable projects was the monumental staircase in the Park of Montagnola, Bologna designed in collaboration with Tito Azzolini and inaugurated in 1896.
Muggia was a pioneer in Italy of the use of reinforced concrete. In 1900, he designed Villa Gini in Borgo Panigale which was the first civil building in Italy to use reinforced conrete.[2]
From 1905 to 1925, he was general technical director of the Società Costruzioni Cementizie with offices in Bologna and Florence.[citation needed]
He held the chair of technical architecture at the Bologna engineering school from 1912 to 1935.[citation needed]
He died in 1936 and is buried in the Jewish section of Certosa di Bologna monumental cemetery in Bologna.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Un'eccellenza bolognese: Attilio Muggia, architetto e ingegnere - Giornata della memoria 2022 | Archivio di Stato di Bologna". www.archiviodistatobologna.it. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ D-sign.it. "Muggia Attilio - Storia e Memoria di Bologna". www.storiaememoriadibologna.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-10-10.