{{Short description|Italian architect (1877–1941)}} {{inline|date=January 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox architect |name = Mario Tamagno |image = Mario Tamagno Architect Portrait.png |image_size = <!--if image is smaller than 250px--> |alt = black-and-white image of Mario Tamagno wearing a light-coloured outfit, seated in a chair, looking just right of camera |caption = |nationality = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|06|19|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Turin]], Italy |death_date = {{Death year and age|1941|1877}} |death_place = |alma_mater = [[Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti]] |practice = [[Government of Siam]] |significant_buildings = [[Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall]] <small>(1908–15; collaboration) </small><br />[[Hua Lamphong Railway Station]] <small>(1907) </small> |significant_projects = |significant_design = |awards = }}
'''Mario Tamagno''' (19 June 1877 – 1941) was an Italian [[architect]] who worked mainly in early 20th-century Siam (modern-day [[Thailand]]).
==Biography== Tamagno was educated at the [[Albertina Academy of Fine Arts]] in Turin, Italy, where he became an instructor after graduating in 1895. He travelled to [[Siam]] in 1900, where he entered employment with the Siamese government in a twenty-five-year contract. He was among many Westerners, particularly Italians, who were employed as [[architect]]s and [[civil engineer]]s during the reign of King [[Chulalongkorn]]. He produced many works and collaborated extensively with [[Annibale Rigotti]], most notably on the [[Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall]].
After the end of his contract (1900–1925), Tamagno was asked by the Siamese government to continue his work for Villa Norasing (today [[Government House of Thailand|House of Government]]) during its last phase of construction. In May 1926, he returned to Italy with a lifetime retirement income from the Government of Siam.
==Notable contributions== * [[Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge]] * [[Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok|Oriental Hotel]] * [[Siam Commercial Bank, Talat Noi Branch|First branch of the Siam Commercial Bank]] * Private residence of [[Chaophraya Thammasakmontri]] (1899), currently operating as a cultural and civic hub called [[Bangkok 1899]]<ref>{{cite web |author1=ธีรพันธ์ ลีลาวรรณสุข |title=จากบ้านเจ้าพระยาธรรมศักดิ์มนตรีสู่คาเฟ่ ศูนย์ NGO และบ้านพักของศิลปินแลกเปลี่ยนทั่วโลก: Chaopraya for all |url=https://readthecloud.co/bangkok-1899/ |website=The Cloud |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=th |trans-title=From the home of Chao Phraya Thammasakmontri to a cafe, NGO center and residence for exchange artists around the world |date=14 February 2019}}</ref> * [[Phitsanulok Mansion]] * [[Bang Khun Phrom Palace]] (1906) * Suan Kularb Residential Hall and [[Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall]] in the Dusit Palace * [[Hua Lamphong Railway Station]] (1907) * [[Neilson Hays Library]] (1920–1922)
'''Collaborations with [[Annibale Rigotti]]''' * [[Wat Benchamabophit]] (under Prince [[Narisara Nuvadtivongs]]) * Nongkhran Samoson Hall in [[Suan Sunandha Palace]] (1911){{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} * Siam pavilion at the 1911 [[Turin International]] world's fair{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} * [[Santa Cruz Church (Bangkok)|Santa Cruz Church]] (1913, reconstruction), not mentioned in Mario Tamagno's records{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} * Thewarat Sapharom Throne Hall in the [[Phaya Thai Palace]] (c.1910)
==References== ===Citations=== {{Reflist}}
===General references=== * {{cite web|url=http://www.italyworldsfairs.org/wf_database/mortals/public/57|title=Tamagno, Mario|publisher=University of Virginia.|work=A World's Fair in Italy: Turin 1911|accessdate=12 February 2012|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002709/http://www.italyworldsfairs.org/wf_database/mortals/public/57|url-status=dead}} * Lohapon, Neungreudee. ''Buon fratello e Amico Thailandia-Italia: 140 Anni Di Relazioni Italo-Thailandesi – ภราดามหามิตร ไทย-อิตาลี: 140 ปี ความสัมพันธ์ไทย-อิตาลี''. published by the Royal Thai Embassy in Rome, printed by Amarin Printing and Publishing, Bangkok 2010. * {{cite book|last=Noobanjong|first=Koompong|title=Power, identity, and the rise of modern architecture: from Siam to Thailand|year=2003|publisher=Dissertation.com|location=[S.l.]|isbn=978-1-58112-201-5}} * Tamagno, Elena. ''Mario Tamagno: Twenty-five years serving the court of Siam as an architect – มาริโอ ตามานโญ.ยี่สิบห้าปีแห่งการเป็นสถาปนิกในราชสำนักสยาม (๒๔๔๓-๒๔๖๘).'' in Muang Boran. vol. 24. no. 2 April–June 1998. * {{Cite book|first1=Leopoldo Ferri|last1=De Lazara|first2=Paolo|last2=Piazzardi|first3=Alberto|last3=Cassio |title=Italiani alla corte del siam–Italians at the court of Siam–ชาวอิตาเลียนในราชสำนักไทย|publisher=Amarin Printing and Publishing |place = Bangkok | year=1992|publication-date=1996|isbn=978-974-8364-60-5}}
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