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Mollino, Carlo
(b Turin, 6 May 1905; d Turin, 27 Aug 1973). Italian architect, designer and writer. He was the son of the engineer Eugenio Mollino (1873–1953), and he studied at the faculty of architecture of the Politecnico, Turin, graduating in 1931. Among early influences were the ‘second Futurism’ of the post-war period and a close friendship with the painter and scholar Italo Cremona (b 1905). At the beginning of his career Mollino collaborated with his father but also worked independently, producing such notable designs as the headquarters of the Confederazione degli Agricoltori (1933–4), Cuneo, and particularly the headquarters of the Società Ippica Torinese (1935–9; destr.) in Turin. In the latter Mollino interpreted the doctrines of Neo-plasticism and Rationalism with great freedom, adapting spatial, material and technical ideas with complete originality. His first experiments in furnishings also date from this period, including promotional stands, residential rooms and individual items of furniture (see ITALY, fig. 73). His large range of prototype furnishings (1944–6) for the Minola House was made by the firm of Apelli and Varesio.
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