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Gherardo Bosio

Gherardo Bosio (19 March 1903 – 16 April 1941) was an Italian architect, engineer and urbanist, famed for his work in planning the centre of Tirana, the capital of Albania.[1]

Gherardo Bosio

(1903-03-19)19 March 1903

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

16 April 1941(1941-04-16) (aged 38)

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Italian

Architect

Presidential Palace, Tirana, Grand Hotel Dajti

Renovation and extension to Villa Acton, Florence, 1927–29

Project in the Competition for the Christopher Columbus Memorial Lighthouse, , 1928–29

Santo Domingo

Restoration, expansion and furniture design for Casa Uzielli, Florence, 1929–32

Sisters of the Blue Chapel on Via Cherubini, Florence, 1930–31

Furniture design for Casa Maraini, Florence, 1932

Project of Nursing Home on Viale dei Colli, Florence, 1932

Furniture design for Casa Traballesi, Florence, 1933

Villa Ginori Conti, Cerreto di Pomarance, 1934

Ugolino Golf House, , 1934 (in collaboration with Pier Luigi Nervi)

Impruneta

Furniture design for the Italian Institute of Culture, , 1935

Budapest

Restoration and furnishing of the offices of the Monsavano company, , 1935

Pontassieve

Restoration and furnishing of Villa Pandolfini, Tizzano San Polo, 1935

Furnishing for the , Rome, 1935–37

Foreign Ministry

Furniture design for Casa Della Gherardesca, Florence, 1936

Project for the Masterplan of , Italian East Africa, 1936

Gondar

Project for the Masterplan of , Italian East Africa, 1936

Dessie

Project for the Masterplan of , Albania, 1939

Tirana

Tirana, Albania, 1939–41

"Martyrs of the Nation" Boulevard

Tirana, Albania, 1939–41

Grand Hotel Dajti

Tirana, Albania 1939–41

Casa del Fascio

Palazzo della Luogotenenza (now housing the Office of the ), Tirana, Albania 1939–41

Prime Minister

Albania 1939–41

Presidential Palace, Tirana

G. Bosio, Future città dell'Impero , in "Architettura", XVI, July 1937, pp. 417–432

TO. Maraini, Gherardo Bosio e la sua opera , in "Illustrazione Toscana e dell'Etruria", 9, September 1941, pp. 18–21

G. Bridges, Ricordo di Gherardo Bosio , in "Stile", July 1941, pp 14–19

G. Carapelli, Gli operatori, in Edilizia in Toscana fra le due guerre , Edifir, Florence 1994, pp 214–215

Gherardo Bosio architetto fiorentino 1903–1941 , edited by C. Cresti, Pontecorboli, Florence 1996

P. Malentacchi, Scheda su Gherardo Bosio in Guida agli archivi di architetti e ingegneri del Novecento in Toscana , edited by E. Insabato, C. Ghelli, pp. 77–83

R. Renzi, Gherardo Bosio. Le Ville , Alinea, Florence 2010