Food Trolley Luigi C. Dominioni Wood Brass Cloth Italy 1960s

Designer: Luigi Caccia Dominioni

Luigi Caccia Dominioni was born in Milan on 7 December 1913. Cousin of Paolo Caccia Dominioni. He completed the entire cycle of studies, up to the Liceo Classico, at the Leone XIII Institute in Milan, run by the Jesuits. In 1931 he enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. He graduated in 1936 and obtained the professional qualification in Venice. In 1936, with the brothers Livio and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, he opened a professional studio. He did his military service from 1939 to 1943, but refused to join the Social Republic of Salò and had to flee to Switzerland. From 1945 he resumed his activity as an architect, first with his colleague Castiglioni, then, from 1946, with his own professional studio. In 1947 he dedicated himself to the production (Azucena) of furniture and design objects with the architect Ignazio Gardella. He mainly works on buildings in Milan and its province: Casa Caccia Dominioni in Piazza S. Ambrogio (1947/50); building in Piazza Carbonari (1960/61); Palazzo delle Cartiere Binda (1966); residential complex in San Felice, with Vico Magistretti (1967/75); Church of S. Biagio in Monza (1968). He moved to the Principality of Monaco in 1975, where he built the Parc Saint Roman skyscraper.

Production: Italiana

Time: 1960 - 1969

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