Giovanni Muzio

Who was Giovanni Muzio?

Giovanni Muzio was an Italian architect. Muzio was born and died in Milan and is most closely associated with the Novecento Italiano group.

After service in World War I Muzio began his practice in 1920 and is responsible for the best-known work of the Novecento movement, the 1922 residential block called the Ca' Brutta on the Via Moscova in Milan. The style is a stripped-down neo-classicism, five stories on a rounded corner patterned with real and blind arches, and bands of color for each story.

A notable project by Muzio is the design of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, completely rebuilt between 1960 and 1969.

Other buildings include the Milan Tennis Club, the Banca Bergamasca, the Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa and exhibition buildings for the 1930 Triennale exhibition, with Gio Ponti and the artist Mario Sironi.