Tomaso Buzzi
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| Born | 30 September 1900 Sondrio, Italy |
| Died | 1981 (aged 80–81) Rapallo, Italy |
| Alma mater | Regio Istituto Tecnico Superiore |
| Occupations | Architect, interior designer |
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Tomaso Buzzi (1900–1981) was an Italian architect and designer. He is known for his interior design work in a number of historically significant buildings in Milan, Venice, and Turin, as well as the follies he constructed on his estate in Umbria.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Tomaso Buzzi was born in Sondrio, 30 September 1900. He studied architecture at Politecnico di Milano (known at the time as Regio Istituto Tecnico Superiore).[1][2]
Career
[edit]Buzzi collaborated with Paolo Venini on a number of decorative glass pieces, and in the early 1930s, he was the creative director of Venini & C. glassworks in Murano.[3]
He was a proponent of Italian Art Deco during the 1920s and 1930s, and was later associated with Neo-Mannerism.[4] Buzzi was a favourite of the Milanese haut-bourgeoisie.[1] He worked with Michele Marelli, Gio Ponti, Carla Visconti di Modrone, Emilio Lancia, and Pietro Chiesa.
His work on the renovation of Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan is preserved as a museum, and open to the public.[5][6]
He designed the Villa Volpi a Sabaudia.[7][8]
He renovated parts of the Palazzo d'Azeglio in Turin.[9]
In his later years, he devoted considerable time and resources to his private estate and garden called la Scarzuola.[10][11]
Legacy
[edit]Buzzi died in Rapallo on 16 February 1981.
Gallery
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Tomaso Buzzi". Fondazione Chiara e Francesco Carraro. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
- ↑ Spinelli, Luigi Mario Lorenzo (2011). "Dai disegni di Tomaso Buzzi. From the drawings of Tomaso Buzzi". DOMUS.
- ↑ "Tomaso Buzzi alla Venini – Le Stanze del Vetro". lestanzedelvetro.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2025-04-26. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- ↑ Staff (2021-01-15). "TOMASO BUZZI, IL PRINCIPE DEGLI ARCHITETTI". La Settimana di Pandolfini (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-02-05.
- ↑ "Villa Necchi Campiglio | Itinerari di architettura". Ordine Architetti Milano. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ↑ "VILLA NECCHI CAMPIGLIO | Bene FAI". fondoambiente.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ↑ "Villa Volpi, una diva d'altri tempi fra le dune di Sabaudia". ELLE Decor (in Italian). 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ↑ "Venduta Villa Volpi di Sabaudia: 20 milioni di euro per la storica dimora di lusso tra le dune". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ↑ "Palazzo d'Azeglio". Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ "Scarzuola Convent and the Town of Tommaso Buzzi – Montegabbione". Umbria Tourism. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ↑ "Italian journey: La Scarzuola, a surrealist project of tuff, iron and psychoanalysis". Domus. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
Further reading
[edit]- Barovier, Marino; Sonego, Carla; Fondazione Giorgio Cini, eds. (2014). Tomaso Buzzi alla Venini. Le stanze del vetro. Milano: Skira. ISBN 978-88-572-2418-3.
External links
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Media related to Tomaso Buzzi at Wikimedia Commons
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