Ulisse Stacchini

Ulisse Stacchini ( born July 3, 1871 in Florence, † 1947 in Sanremo ) was an Italian architect. His most famous work is the Milan Milano Centrale railway station. Stacchini also built the ( named after Giuseppe Meazza ) San Siro Stadium in Milan.

Life and work

After completing his studies in Rome Stacchini moved to Milan and there soon developed a construction boom in the time- typical Art Nouveau ( was known, for example, the restaurant Savini ). Stacchini turning toward the Viennese School, for example, 1903/ 04 with the Casa Donzelli ( via Gioberti 1) in Milan, which established in 1904 Casa Cambiaghi (via Pisacane 22) (1904 ), the houses Motta and Prisia ( via Castel Morrone 8 and 19 from 1905, and the houses Apostolo (via Tasso 10-12; 1906-08 ) and Donzelli (via Revere 7; 1907-09 ), in 1905 he designed the private villa Simonini in Salo; Stacchini also designed bank branches, such as the Innenrauam the Banco Ambrosiano (via Clerici 2) in 1906, or the seat of the Credito Varesino (via Porrone 6) in 1908, as well as country estates and Grabmomumente at the Monumental Cemetery, about the tombs Beaux and Pinardi (both from 1904 ).

Despite these high construction Stacchinis was real breakthrough to prominence only with the victory in the 1906 ausgelobten, but only in 1911/12 decided the competition for the Milan Central Station and those for the cemetery at Monza. Both projects were run until 1925-31.

Stacchini also worked as a high school teacher at the Milan Polytechnic.