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.

furniture

All of the furniture created by Carlo Mollino reflected his two greatest passions—women and speed. Every detail suggests both the curves of the female body and the swift trajectory of planes in flight or a skier racing down a slope. The most famous of his creations is the table for the Casa Orengo, which sold at auction by Christie’s in 2005 for $3.8 million, a record of its kind.

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