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Aimaro Oreglia d'Isola, known commonly as Aimaro Isola (Torino, 14 January 1928), is an Italian architect.

Biography

Youngest son of Baron Vittorio Oreglia d'Isola and Countess Caterina Malingri di Bagnolo, brother of the nun Leletta D'Isola, he took part in the Italian Resistance, joining - at just 16 years old to the 105th Garibaldi Brigade.^[1]. After graduating in architecture at the Polytechnic of Turin in 1952, he taught at the University of Turin. In 1950 he created a studio with Roberto Gabetti. In the late 1950s they were among the major exponents of the Neoliberty movement (see Liberty Style). Their works built in the Piedmont region^[2] but known internationally^[3] include: the Casa Paravia (Piazza Statuto, Turin), the Palazzo della Borsa Valori (also in Turin), the Palazzo di Giustizia in Alba, residential complexes, urban planning projects and artistic renovations. They also dealt with religious architecture, with particular research concepts.

Today, he is Professor Emeritus of the Polytechnic of Turin, National Academician of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, and a National Academician of the Academy of Sciences in Turin.

After the death of Roberto Gabetti in 2000, Aimaro Isola continued his work as a designer by founding the Isolarchitetti studio with his son Saverio Oreglia d'Isola (born in Turin on 27 October 1972).

Notable Works

With Roberto Gabetti

Notable projects designed with Roberto Gabetti include the Stock Exchange and Erasmo Workshop in Turin; Olivetti Residence in Ivrea; Turin Equestrian Society; Museum of Antiquities in Turin; Palazzo di Giustizia in Alba; Carmelite Monastery in Quart; Fifth SNAM Office Building in San Donato Milanese and Iveco Service Center in Turin.

With Isolarchitetti

His works with Isolarchitetti span a wide range including the renovation of the former Vittoria Cinema in Turin; Restoration of the Stupinigi Hunting Lodge; New Headquarters of the Judicial Offices in Bergamo; New arrangement of Piazza Duomo and Piazza Orsini in Benevento; IBM Business Center in Segrate (MI); Ottavi Park in Reggio Emilia; Santo Stefano Block and Archaeological Park in Turin; Parish Church of the Holy Family in Palmi and Parish Center of Santa Maria in Zivido in San Giuliano Milanese; Judicial Office in Bergamo; Detailed plan for the new urban district in the Parco degli Ottavi area in Reggio Emilia; New ports in Varazze and Marina di Pisa; Design of residences, offices and shops in the historic center of Carpi; Redevelopment of the Porto Mediceo in Livorno; Project coordination for the enhancement of the Porta Palatina and creation of the Archaeological Park of Turin; Detailed Plan for the transformation of the former Sipe Nobel area in Spilamberto (MO); Redevelopment of the San Michele block in the historic center of Alghero; the Design Center in Turin Mirafiori; the New Egyptian Museum of Turin; the new Courthouse (Bg).

Main exhibitions and displays of works

Teatro Farnese in Parma, Museum of Modern Art of Castello di Rivoli, Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, Monumental Complex of S. Michele a Ripa Grande in Rome, Pistoletto Foundation in Biella, Architecture Biennale in Pisa.

Design and architecture works are exhibited among the permanent collections at MOMA in New York^[4], the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Accademia di San Luca and the Maxxi in Rome.

Awards

with Roberto Gabetti he received the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in 1988^[5],
the International Prize ‘Architectures in Stone’ (1991)^[6]
the Luigi Cosenza Special Prize from the Targa d'Argento Jury for the best architecture built in Italy in the two-year period 96/97 (1998; for the Museum of Antiquities of Turin)
in 1998 he received the Luigi Cosenza Special Prize from the Targa d'Argento Jury for the best architecture built in Italy in the two-year period 96/97, for the Museum of Antiquities of Turin.
In 2002 he received the silver medal of Benemerito della Cultura Italiana from the President of the Republic
in 2006 the Ance-IN/ARCH National Prize for Career Achievement^[7]
in 2006 the “BIOECOLAB Sustainability Award, Urban Planning category for the redevelopment project of the “Parco Ottavi” area in Reggio Emilia
In 2015 he received the “Targa d’oro 2015” Award from the UID (Italian Design Union).
In 2017 he received the City of Pisa Award for Urban Quality and the first prize awarded to the project of the “Museum of Egyptian Antiquities of Turin” -
“RĒGULA Award” 2017 for the category “Restoration and Redevelopment”
100 Italian Projects, Accademia di San Luca.

Ancestry

Pietro Antonio Eugenio Oreglia D'Isola

Saverio Oreglia D'Isola

Luigi Sappa de' Milanesi

Marianna Sappa de' Milanesi

Costanza Grimaldi del Poggetto

Vittorio Oreglia D'Isola

Aurelia Roberti di Castelvero

Aimaro Oreglia D'Isola

Coriolano Malingri, conte di Bagnolo

Giovanni Battista Olderico Malingri, conte di Bagnolo

Barbara Capris di Cigliè

Aimaro Alessandro Malingri, conte di Bagnolo

Filiberto Avogadro di Collobiano

Ottavia Avogadro di Collobiano

Carolina Arborio Biamino di Caresana

Caterina Malingri di Bagnolo

Alfonso d'Ayerbe d'Aragona

Giacomo Lomellino D'Aragona

Marianna Lomellini

Anna Lomellini d'Aragona Malingri

Gerolamo Gavotti, marchese

Caterina Gavotti

Giovanna d'Aste, baronessa

Notes

^ "I paesaggi e i loro Partigiani". Patria Indipendente (in Italian). 2020-05-11.
^ Amedeo Belluzzi, Claudia Conforti, 1985; Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1994.
^ Nest: a magazine of interiors, Edizioni 4-6 1999; Charles L. Killinger 2005; Georges Bernier, Rosamond Bernier 1968.
^ "Aimaro Oreglia d'Isola | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
^ "Premi Feltrinelli 1950-2011". lincei.it. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
^ tgcom.mediaset.it.
^ Isolarchitetti.

Bibliography

The works are collected in numerous monographs including:

F. CELLINI, C. D'AMATO, Gabetti e Isola, Electa Editrice, 1985
F. FERRARI (a cura di), Gabetti e Isola, Mobili, Allemandi, Torino 1986
P. ZERMANI (a cura di), Gabetti e Isola, Zanichelli, Bologna 1989
G. CIUCCI (a cura di), L'architettura Italiana oggi Racconto di una generazione, Editori Laterza, 1989 pp. 93–121
C. OLMO, Gabetti e Isola, Allemandi, Torino 1993
A. GUERRA, M. MORRESI, Gabetti e Isola: Opere di architettura, Electa, Milano, 1996
C. PIVA, Gabetti e Isola, Conversazioni sull'Architettura, Il Mestiere, CLEAN Edizioni, Torino 2000
A. MASSARENTE (a cura di), Gabetti e Isola, disegni 1951 – 2000, Federico Motta Editore, Milano 2000
A. BAIETTO, Incontro con due maestri del ‘900, in Controspazio n° 6/2000
C. QUINTELLI, Ritratti otto maestri dell'architettura italiana, Celid Feb. 2003 pp. 89–105
M. BATTAGGIA, S. ISOLA (a cura di), Isola Architetti, Un nuovo Centro Direzionale IBM a Segrate, Aión Edizioni, Firenze 2004
M. PETRANGELI, Architettura come Paesaggio, Gabetti&Isola - Isolarchitetti, Allemandi, Torino 2005
S. PACE, L. REINERIO, Architetture per la liturgia. Opere di Gabetti e Isola, Skira, Milano 2005
S. FERA, Isolarchitetti. Le due Baie. Sestri Levante, Aión Edizioni, Firenze 2008
C. PIVA (a cura di), Paesaggi Piemontesi. Gabetti & Isola + Isolarchitetti + 9 architetture “minori” Aión Edizioni, Firenze 2008
G. LEONI, Isolarchitetti, a cura di F. Bruna e T. Marzi, Skira Editore, Milano 2009, ISBN 978-88-6130-857-2
A. OLMO (a cura di), Venti domande a Aimaro Isola Collana “Saper credere in architettura”, n. 41, Clean Edizioni, Napoli 2012
“ARCHITETTURE E CITTA’ DEL TERZO MILLENNIO”, Numero monografico su Isolarchitetti, n. 4, anno IV, 2012, pp. 10–42
E. GIACOBINO (a cura di), Isolarchitetti. I Maestri dell’Architettura, Hachette, Milano 2013

Aimaro Isola has written many works, among the most recent are:

A. ISOLA, Violenza nell’architettura, Aión, Firenze 2004
A. ISOLA, Anche le pietre dimenticano, Aión Edizioni, Firenze 2012
A. ISOLA, Disegnare luoghi, scrivere architetture Accademia University Press, Torino 2013
A. OREGLIA D’ISOLA, Metamorfosi nel palazzo del Collegio dei Nobili, in Memorie dell’Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Classe di Scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologiche, Serie V, Vol. 41, fasc. 1, 2017
A. OREGLIA D’ISOLA, Sulle tracce del «Genius Loci» in I Mercoledì dell’Accademia, XV, Quaderni, n.28, Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 2017, pp. 177–194

Other Projects

External links

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[1] "I paesaggi e i loro Partigiani". Patria Indipendente (in Italian). 2020-05-11.

[2] Amedeo Belluzzi, Claudia Conforti, 1985; Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1994.

[3] Nest: a magazine of interiors, Edizioni 4-6 1999; Charles L. Killinger 2005; Georges Bernier, Rosamond Bernier 1968.

[4] "Aimaro Oreglia d'Isola | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2025-04-27.

[5] "Premi Feltrinelli 1950-2011". lincei.it. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

[6] tgcom.mediaset.it.

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