{{short description|Italian architect and engineer (1902–1982)}} {{infobox person | name = | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1902|5|7}} | birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1982|11|29|1902|5|7}} | death_place = Turin, Italy<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,8/articleid,1425_02_1982_0307_0008_20394977/|title=Arch. Ubaldo Castagnoli|work=La Stampa|date=2 December 1982}}</ref> | alma_mater = Polytechnic University of Milan | occupation = Architect, engineer }} '''Ubaldo Castagnoli''' (7 May 1902 – 29 November 1982) was an Italian architect and engineer.
==Life and career== thumb|The STIPEL Tower in Turin In 1926, alongside Luigi Figini, Guido Frette, Sebastiano Larco, Gino Pollini, Carlo Enrico Rava, and Giuseppe Terragni, Castagnoli co-founded Gruppo 7, a key initiator of Italian Rationalism. He left the group in 1927 due to professional obligations and was replaced by Adalberto Libera.<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=C.|last=Belli|title=Origini del Gruppo 7|magazine=Quadrante|issue=2 (23)|pages=32–39}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Betta|first=P.|year=1927|title=Il Gruppo 7 di Milano e l'Architettura Nuova|magazine=L'architettura Italiana|issue=22 (2)|pages=13–15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|first=Bruno|last=Zevi|author-link=Bruno Zevi|title=Storia dell'architettura moderna|publisher=Einaudi|place=Turin|year=2001|pages=182–187}}</ref>
In the following years, Castagnoli gained recognition through projects for competitions and exhibitions (notably the 5th Milan Triennial and the Pirelli pavilion) and collaborated with Piero Bottoni and Antonio Cassi Ramelli. Between 1931 and 1932, he published a series of technical articles in ''Rassegna di Architettura'', focusing on innovative building materials.<ref name=disegno>{{Cite magazine|url=https://disegno.unioneitalianadisegno.it/index.php/disegno/article/view/377/689|title=Ubaldo Castagnoli: sulle tracce grafiche e storiche di un esponente del Gruppo 7|first1=Manuela|last1=Incerti|first2=Gianmarco|last2=Mei|first3=Anna|last3=Castagnoli|magazine=Diségno|issue=10|year=2022|pages=135–146}}</ref>
In 1935, he joined the Società Telefonica Interregionale Piemontese e Lombarda (STIPEL), where he worked for over 25 years as director of real estate affairs, overseeing the planning and construction of offices, telephone buildings, switching stations, and air-raid shelters across Lombardy, Piedmont, and the Aosta Valley. Notable projects include the radio relay tower on Colle della Maddalena and the telephone headquarters on Via Confienza in Turin.<ref name=disegno/><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Velo|first1=Uliva|last2=Castagnoli|first2=Anna|last3=Incerti|first3=Manuela|year=2020|chapter=Ubaldo Castagnoli. From Gruppo 7 to architectures for telecommunications|editor=Arena, A.|title=Connecting. Drawing for weaving relationships. Proceeding of the 42th Inter-national Conference of Representation Disciplines Teachers|pages=2869–2890|place=Milan|publisher=FrancoAngeli}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter=Ubaldo Castagnoli and the Hanging Swimming Pool of the Palazzo dei Telefoni in Turin|first1=Manuela|last1=Incerti|first2=Gianmarco|last2=Mei|year=2021|editor=Arena, A.|title=Connecting|publisher=FrancoAngeli|pages=2367–2384}}</ref>
In 1946 and 1948, he was commissioned by president Luigi Einaudi to restore his residences in Turin and Dogliani; their correspondence is preserved in the Einaudi archives.<ref name=disegno/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== *{{Cite book|first1=Giorgio|last1=Ciucci|first2=Giorgio|last2=Muratore|title=Storia dell'architettura italiana. Il primo Novecento|place=Milan|publisher=Electa|year=2004}} *{{Cite magazine|url=https://disegno.unioneitalianadisegno.it/index.php/disegno/article/view/377/689|title=Ubaldo Castagnoli: sulle tracce grafiche e storiche di un esponente del Gruppo 7|first1=Manuela|last1=Incerti|first2=Gianmarco|last2=Mei|first3=Anna|last3=Castagnoli|magazine=Diségno|issue=10|year=2022|pages=135–146}} *{{Cite book|last1=Velo|first1=Uliva|last2=Castagnoli|first2=Anna|last3=Incerti|first3=Manuela|year=2020|chapter=Ubaldo Castagnoli. From Gruppo 7 to architectures for telecommunications|editor=Arena, A.|title=Connecting. Drawing for weaving relationships. Proceeding of the 42th Inter-national Conference of Representation Disciplines Teachers|pages=2869–2890|place=Milan|publisher=FrancoAngeli}} *{{Cite book|chapter=Ubaldo Castagnoli and the Hanging Swimming Pool of the Palazzo dei Telefoni in Turin|first1=Manuela|last1=Incerti|first2=Gianmarco|last2=Mei|year=2021|editor=Arena, A.|title=Connecting|publisher=FrancAngeli|pages=2367–2384}} *{{Cite book|first1=Corrado|last1=Gavinelli|first2=Mirella|last2=Loik|title=Architettura del XX secolo|publisher=Jaca Book|year=1993}} *{{Cite book|last1=Velo|first1=Uliva|last2=Castagnoli|first2=Anna|last3=Incerti|first3=Manuela|year=2020|chapter=Ubaldo Castagnoli. From Gruppo 7 to architectures for telecommunications|editor=Arena, A.|title=Connecting. Drawing for weaving relationships. Proceeding of the 42th Inter-national Conference of Representation Disciplines Teachers|pages=2869–2890|place=Milan|publisher=FrancoAngeli}}
{{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Castagnoli, Ubaldo}} Category:1902 births Category:1982 deaths Category:20th-century Italian architects Category:Architects from Rome Category:Polytechnic University of Milan alumni