a golden boy

Carlo’s father, a famous architect, left his son sufficient means to live comfortably through a long life. This was a major factor in the formation of the Mollino style, for he did not have to go along with his clients’ wishes and did not have to compromise. He did what he thought correct while seeking the fullest expression of his own imagination.

only when a work is not explicable other than in terms of itself can we say that we are in the presence of art. this ineffable quality is the hallmark of an authentic work. —carlo mollino






Staircase Carlo Mollino. A spiral staircase

disappearing

architecture

 

An architect by training, Mollino designed a vast number of projects but only 10 or so were ever built. Only his residence in Turin, in which he never lived for very long, survives. All his other buildings have been redone or razed.

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