Arturo Mezzedimi

Arturo Mezzedimi
Born 19 June 1922
Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy
Died 30 May 2010[1]
Siena, Italy[2]
Nationality Italian
Alma mater Istituto Tecnico per Geometri Vittorio Bottego, Asmara
Occupation Architect
Buildings
Website arturomezzedimi.it

Arturo Mezzedimi (19 June 1922 – 30 May 2010) was an Italian architect who worked principally in Italian East Africa. He designed more than a hundred buildings in the Horn of Africa, among them Addis Ababa City Hall and Africa Hall,[2][3] and planned more than twenty urban centres in Ethiopia.[1] In 1965 he received the Mangia d'Oro prize of the city of Siena,[4] and in 1972 was made a Grande Ufficiale of the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Enrico Mania (2010). Le profonde tracce del lavoro lasciate da Arturo Mezzedimi (in Italian). Il Corno d'Africa. Accessed April 2017.
  2. 1 2 [Adnkronos] (2 June 2010). Architetti: e' morto Arturo Mezzedimi, creo' il Palazzo Africa ad Adis Abeba (in Italian). AdnKronos. Accessed April 2017.
  3. ↑ Architecture Beyond Europe: Aspirations and Contradictions in Shaping A Cosmopolitan Africa: Arturo Mezzedimi (Textes intégral)
  4. ↑ Albo Premi Mangia 1952–2012 (in Italian). Comune di Siena. Accessed April 2017.
  5. ↑ Mezzedimi Arch. Arturo (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica. Accessed April 2017.



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