- BBPR
BBPR was an architectural partnership founded in
Milan ,Italy in 1932.The Partners
The partners were
Gianluigi Banfi ,Lodovico Belgiojoso ,Enrico Peressutti , andErnesto Nathan Rogers . From each component's family name, came the acronym "BBPR".The practice continued under the same name after the
Second World War depite the death of Banfi in Mauthausenconcentration camp .Notable works
The firm came to notice with the abstact design for the Monument to the Victims of Nazi Concentration Camps, erected within the
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano .BBPR reacted against the polemic of the
International Style in 1954, with the creation of theTorre Velasca in Milan, complete with its abstract medieval references.The tower responds to its prominent location near the
Milan Cathedral in the city's historic centre.The firm were subsequently employed to create new interior spaces and exhibition designs for the museums housed within Milan's
Castello Sforzesco which had been severely damaged by allied bombing in 1943.
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