franco albini's staircases

Franco Albini

Parma

n.d.

I was rummaging through my stacks

and came across this 

excellent catalog from the Triennale Museum

on Franco Albini:

"Zero Gravity: Franco Albini: Construire Modernita"

Everyone thinks of Franco for his

furniture, especially the pieces he did for Knoll,

but he was an amazing architect,

and as I dig-dugged through the catalog

I noticed how killer his staircases were,

so here they are,

not a ton of them,

but enough for you to get a feel for his

sense of proportion and balance….

Irving Penn

"Franco Albini"

1948

He's a suave mother fucker no?

A little pissed looking in most photos,

but not bad….

This is from an apartment building lobby

in Parma,

I will be making a pilgrimage my next trip.

Franco Albini

Apartment building lobby

Parma

n.d.

Franco Albini

Galleria di Palazzo Rosso

Genova

1952-62

Franco Albini

Private apartment

Genova

1954

Franco Albini

Not sure what 

"Nouve Terme Luigi Zoja" is,

but he designed a staircase for it.

Salsomaggiore

1964-70

Franco Albini

Going up!

Franco Albini

Hotel

Rome

1957-61

Franco Albini pointing up with Walter Gropius.

Roma

1961

Franco Albini

Attic staircase landing

Location not specified

n.d.

Franco Albini

Handle for the stairs of the

Metro in Milano.

1962-64

Franco Albini

Inspecting Venini glass vases 

at an Italian design festival in Helsinki.

1953

He should have designed some glass,

it would have been amazing,

think Scarpa 

on a 

staircase.