Franco Albini was not only a visionary designer, he was one of the architects who most profoundly shaped the modern identity of Milan.
Part of the Rationalist architecture movement which combines modern style, geometric logic and classic symmetry, his work was guided by an ethical, almost civic sense of responsibility. He believed design should serve society by improving everyday life. Nowhere is this clearer than in the projects he realized such as Palazzo della civiltà Italiana in Rome, the Palazzo Bianco Museum in Genova and the Fabio Filzi Social Housing project in Milan.
However, Albini’s Rationalist approach found its highest expression underground, in the design and urban planning for the Milan Metro.
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