Engineer and architect
Mantero worked in engineering and architecture in Como.
Architecture
Gianni Mantero
Engineer and architect who designed Como’s historic Mantero Silk Headquarters, the Mantero Family Aedicule, and the Canottieri Lario Clubhouse.
Gianni Mantero was an engineer and architect associated with three sites in Como. He designed the historic headquarters of the Mantero silk business from his engineering graduation project and kept his architectural studio there. He also designed the Mantero Family Aedicule and the Rationalist Canottieri Lario Clubhouse.
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From graduation project to headquarters
Mantero developed the Historic Mantero Silk Headquarters from his engineering graduation project and maintained his architectural studio inside the building.
The Mantero Family Aedicule
Mantero designed the Mantero Family Aedicule in 1930.
The Canottieri Lario Clubhouse
Mantero designed the Rationalist clubhouse by adapting a general scheme by the Zürich architect Boedeker.
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Canottieri Lario Clubhouse
Mantero designed the Rationalist clubhouse, adapting a general scheme by the Zürich architect Boedeker.
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Former Casa della Madre e del Bambino
Mantero designed the Casa della Madre e del Bambino at the end of the Fascist period.
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Historic Mantero Silk Headquarters
He designed the building from his engineering graduation project and also maintained his architectural studio inside it.
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Mantero Family Aedicule
The engineer and architect of the family’s silk headquarters also designed the Mantero funerary aedicule in 1930.
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Palazzo Mantovani
Mantero designed Palazzo Mantovani at the moment when his work was turning from eclecticism toward modern architecture.
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Sinigaglia Pool and Former Casa del Balilla
Mantero designed the Casa del Balilla complex and its surviving indoor swimming pool during the 1930s.
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