{{Infobox building | name = Sarfatti Building | native_name = {{native name|it|Edificio Sarfatti}} | image = Edificio Sarfatti Milano 5.jpg | caption = Sarfatti Building in Milan | architectural_style = | location = Milan, Italy |coordinates = {{coord|45|26|55.68|N|9|11|23.62|E|region:IT-RM_type:landmark|display=it}} |image_size=270 |mapframe-frame-width=270 |mapframe=yes |mapframe-caption=Click on the map for a fullscreen view |mapframe-zoom=13 |mapframe-marker=monument |mapframe-wikidata=yes | client = | architect = Giuseppe Pagano }}
The '''Sarfatti Building''' ({{langx|it|Edificio Sarfatti}}) is an office and educational building on the Bocconi University campus in Milan, Italy, at Via Sarfatti 25.<ref>{{cite web |last = Todesco |first = Fabio |title = When Architecture Tells the Story of a University, an Era and a City |publisher = Via Sarfatti 25 |date = 12 December 2016 |url = https://www.viasarfatti25.unibocconi.eu/notizia.php?idArt=17718 |accessdate = 27 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last = Aldo Castellano, Achille Marzio Romani |first = |title = Architetture bocconiane |publisher = Università Bocconi Editore |year = 2017 |url = |isbn = 9788883502613}}</ref>
== History == The construction of the building, designed by Italian architect Giuseppe Pagano and his associate Gian Giacomo Predaval, commenced in 1937. The inauguration was held on December 21, 1941.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unibocconi.it/wps/wcm/connect/bocconi/sitopubblico_it/albero+di+navigazione/home/chi+siamo/storia+e+identita/storia/storia|title=STORIA - Università Bocconi Milano |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=www.unibocconi.it |publisher= |access-date=3 August 2022 |quote=}}</ref> The structure was the first built and corresponds to the original nucleus of the Bocconi University campus after its seat was moved from a palazzo in largo Treves in Milan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/08/23/foto/bocconi_milano_foto_a_confronto_centrale_del_latte_campus-234179606/1/|title=Dagli anni Quaranta a oggi: la sede storica e il campus dell'università Bocconi|date=August 23, 2019|newspaper=La Repubblica |access-date = 27 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archiseek.com/2002/grafton-architects-universita-luigi-bocconi-milan/|title=Grafton Architects: Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan|date= 3 March 2002}}</ref>
== Description == The building is considered one of the finest works of Italian Rationalist architecture.<ref name="LombardiaBeniCulturali">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/architetture900/schede/RL560-00054/|title=Università Luigi Bocconi|first=|last=|access-date=3 August 2022|website=Lombardia Beni Culturali}}</ref>
It features a cross-shaped plan, probably inspired by Walter Gropius' Bauhaus Dessau (1925–1926).<ref name="LombardiaBeniCulturali"/> Two lion statues in medieval style, created by sculptor Arturo Martini, preside over the interior of building's main entrance hallway.<ref>{{cite web |title = I progettisti che hanno costruito la Bocconi |publisher = Universita Commericiale Luigi Bocconi |date = 29 November 2012 |url = https://www.stampa.unibocconi.it/editor/archivio_pdf/DesignersDEF20191124091339.pdf|accessdate = 27 August 2022}}</ref> Below the porch alongside via Sarfatti some bas-reliefs by Leone Todi can be found.
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="140px"> File:Edificio Sarfatti Milano 2.jpg File:Edificio Sarfatti Milano 4.jpg File:Edificio Sarfatti Milano 1.jpg </gallery>
==See also== *Roentgen Building *New SANAA Campus
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Edificio Sarfatti}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Milan Category:Bocconi University