Artefact Type:

building

Description:

Muzio's first 'Novecento' experiment (it means 'ugly house' in Milanese dialect), marrying modernism and neoclassicism in a building in Via della Moscova, Milan, to be used for private apartments and offices.

Original Location:

Via della Moscova, Milano

Style(s):

Modernist, Neoclassic

Author(s):

Giovanni Muzio

Additional Author(s):

Pier Fausto Barelli
Vittorino Colonnese

Project Start Date :

1919

Building Phase Start Date :

1919

Building Phase End Date :

Jun, 1922

Theme(s) :

Novecento

Tag(s) :

Social modernization
Modern architecture
Urbanism
Dialectic of Fragment-Whole
Classical tradition
Rhythm
Volumetry
Aesthetic theorization
Aesthetic modernity
Aesthetic critique