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Giovannoni, Gustavo
(b Rome, 1 Jan 1873; d Rome, 15 July 1947). Italian architect, urban planner, writer and architectural historian. After graduating in civil engineering from the University of Rome (1895), he took a diploma in public hygiene, before studying art and architectural history in Rome under Adolfo Venturi. In 1899 he was appointed assistant under Guglielmo Calderini in the Engineering School and in 1905 was appointed professor of general architecture. A strong technical as well as art-historical background took him into the conservation field and thus into major projects for urban redevelopment. In 1910 he became president of the Associazione Artistica tra i Cultori dell’ Architettura (AACA), founded in Rome in 1890 with the aim of extending the awareness of the historic and artistic heritage and to promote conservation initiatives. This aspect of his career is reflected in such early schemes as that for the Caprera quarter of Rome (1907–11), which overlapped with his work for the Peroni brewery, a factory (1909) and a company headquarters (1913), putting into practice his belief in the architetto integrale, able to encompass both artistic and technical skills. It was no accident that his research interests focused on the work of Antonio da Sangallo (ii), who combined careful archaeological knowledge with exceptional practical skills. This Renaissance concept of the architect inspired Giovannoni’s approach to architectural education, and in 1918, through the AACA, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Scuola Superiore di Architettura and eventually the new Istituto Universitaria where he lectured in the restoration of historic monuments, becoming Dean from 1931 to 1935.
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