Casa Vanoni Explained

Casa Vanoni
Map Type:Italy Milan Central#Italy
Map Dot Label:Casa Vanoni
Architectural Style:Liberty style or Art Nouveau
Address:via Spadari #7
Location City:Milan
Location Country:Italy
Coordinates:45.4633°N 9.1872°W
Start Date:1907
Completion Date:1908
Destruction Date:-->
Architect:Achille Manfredini
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Casa Vanoni is a historic Art Nouveau building located on via Spadari #7 in Milan, Italy.

History

It was designed by Achille Manfredini in the Liberty style and built between 1907 and 1908.

Description

The facade sports fanciful lintels, often dissociated from function. Along the roofline are leonine masks. The building is also notable for the wrought iron balustrades with complex swirling motifs. The four story apartment complex rises alongside the also Liberty-style Casa Ferrario and Casa Giovini, and facing the Casa dell'Unione Cooperativa.[1]

A number of Casa Vanoni were constructed in Milan, the building on via A. Saffi 4, no longer has traces of the Alfredo Menni's 1903 design, but a distinct Casa Vanoni-Tarolli (1902), also designed by Menni decorated with a frescoed facade in Liberty style, is found on Via Francesco Petrarca #16.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.italialiberty.it/scheda/casavanoni/ Italia Liberty
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=BbtusJbufcYC L'edilizia moderna