A World's Fair in Italy: Turin 1911

Rigotti, Annibale


Name:	Rigotti, Annibale
Gender:	Male
Birth:	1870 Torino
Death:	1968 Torino
Description:	Siam (currently Thailand) put in charge of the design of its national pavilion two Italian architects Mario Tamagno and Annibale Rigotti. Tamagno and Rigotti moved to Bangkok at the turn of the 20th century and their contributions to the architecture of the city include a throne hall, two palaces, a library, a memorial library for a Danish Protestant, and the building housing the seat of government, Government House. At the beginning of his career, Rigotti became Professor of Industrial drawing at the "Istituto Tecnico G. Sommeiller" (1893-1923), and then at the "Regia Scuola di Architettura di Torino" from 1931-1933. He became famous as a designer and collaborated with the major architects of his age, such as Crescentino Caselli, Carlo Ceppi and Raimondo D'Aronco. With D'Aronco he traveled to Instanbul in order to contribute to the projects for the Ottoman Agriculture-Industrial Exposition.
Structures:	Pavilion of Siam The Siamese pavilion digresses completely from the general architecture of the Fair, keeping thus a markedly exotic sense. This project was studied in Bangkok, in the offices of the Public Works Department by the architects Annibale Rigotti and Mario Tamagno. It is from the same architecture of the Siamese churches (Watt) with large, polychrome roofs, in the so-called binocular style and with the golden dome (phrachady). It has a total length of 65 meters and a height – from the top of the tallest pole – of 45 meters. The pavilion is composed of three-closed room and three open galleries. The building of the Pavilion was undertaken by Mr Previgliano. The Exhibition of Siam draws the attention of all the visitors in a special way since it brings us the echo of the life and civilization of mysterious and evocative regions of the Orient
Places:	Torino The city of Turin is a major city - as well as a business and cultural center - located in Northwest Italy in the region called "Piemonte" (literally, "at the feet of the mountain"). Turin used to be (and it still is) a major European political center and home to the House of Savoy, Italy's Royal family. It was Italy's first capital city in 1861 until 1864, when the Rome took its role. Torino The city of Turin is a major city - as well as a business and cultural center - located in Northwest Italy in the region called "Piemonte" (literally, "at the feet of the mountain"). Turin used to be (and it still is) a major European political center and home to the House of Savoy, Italy's Royal family. It was Italy's first capital city in 1861 until 1864, when the Rome took its role.
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