Architecture

Gio Ponti

1891–1979Local figure

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

Created here
ADI Design Museum
He co-conceived the Compasso d'Oro award whose historical collection is preserved here.
Lived here
Gio Ponti House on Via Dezza
Ponti lived in his self-designed eighth-floor apartment here from 1957 until his death in 1979.
Burial place
Monumental Cemetery of Milan
One of Milan’s two largest cemeteries, known for an extraordinary concentration of artistic tombs, family mausoleums, and memorial sculpture.
Created here
Pirelli Tower
Milan’s 127-metre Pirelli Tower held Europe’s height record for eight years and helped rewrite the shape of the modern skyscraper. Today, the former champion houses the Regional Council of Lombardy.
Created here
Rinascente Milano Piazza Duomo
He helped conceive the Compasso d'Oro design award launched by Rinascente in 1954.

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