{{short description|Italian architect}} thumb|Casa Vanoni on Via Spadari '''Achille Manfredini''' (13 May 1869 – 1920) was an Italian architect and engineer, active in the Liberty style or Art Nouveau movement.
thumb|left|Grattanuvole, plan for commercial skyscraper While born in Catanzaro, Calabria, his family hailed from Milan. He graduated from the Politechnic institute of Milan. His monumental architecture exerted some influence<ref name=manifesto>''Futurist architecture and Angiolo Mazzoni’s manifesto of aerial architecture'', published in VV.AA. ''Angiolo Mazzoni e l'Architettura Futurista'' - p.11</ref> on the futurist architect Antonio Sant'Elia.
Circa 1910, Manfredini developed a controversial project for a 14 story ''skyscraper'' planned for the piazza where the former church of San Giovanni in Conca was located. The project was derided by critics as an ''Americanata''. The opinions of skyscraper in central Milan were divided among prominent architects of the time. The project was supported by Luigi Broggi and opposed by Luca Beltrami.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9OySWCVfaAUC Il Tentativo de un'Americanata a Milano], by Armando Foresia, in the journal ''La Casa'', (16 November 1910) page 425.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ENizos1KJEgC The Work of Antonio Sant'Elia: Retreat Into the Future] by Meyer E. Dacosta, Esther da Costa Meyer, Antonio Sant'Elia (1995); Page 134.</ref>
He became founder and editor of the trade journal for architecture and engineering ''Monitore tecnico'', which began publication in 1894.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=I78CirjSYt8C Il Monitore Tecnico], 1905 edition.</ref>
==Works in Milan== * Casa Lancia (1905) demolished in 1939, to allow for the construction of the Palazzo del Banco di Roma * Casa Vanoni (1907) * Kursaal Diana (1907) * Casa Giovini (1909)
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== Bibliography == * Giorgio Rumi, Enrico Decleva:'' Milano nell'Italia liberale, 1898-1922'', Cariplo 1993 (cassa di Risparmio delle provincie lombarde S.p.A.).
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