Arturo Mezzedimi

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]

Arturo Mezzedimi
Born19 June 1922
Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy
Died30 May 2010[1]
Siena, Italy[2]
NationalityItalian
Alma materIstituto Tecnico per Geometri Vittorio Bottego, Asmara
OccupationArchitect
Buildings
Websitearturomezzedimi.it

References
  1. Enrico Mania (2010). Le profonde tracce del lavoro lasciate da Arturo Mezzedimi (in Italian). Il Corno d'Africa. Accessed April 2017.
  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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