Angelo Mangiarotti

Born in Milan, 1921, Angelo Mangiarotti graduated in architecture from the Milan's Politecnico in 1948. Between 1953 and 1954 he worked in the US taking part, amongst other things, in the "Loop" design competition in Chicago. During his stay abroad he met well-known architects of the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe and Konrad Wachsmann.