Otto Maraini

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Otto Maraini (born November 8, 1863 in Lugano ; † January 16, 1944 there ) was a Swiss architect and politician.

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Otto Maraini: Teatro Civico, Susa , 1937. Facade.

Otto Maraini, the son of the owner of a trading company, attended high school in Lugano. After graduating from the Accademia di Brera in Milan , Maraini started working in Ticino in 1889. His main works in the early 20th century were eclectic villas, apartment buildings and hotels. In Lugano-Castagnola, for example, he built the “Villa Helios” on a terrace over the lake. After winning a competition together with Augusto Guidini , he planned the high school in Lugano (1903/1904). From 1904 to 1905 he built a villa on the Colle Pincio in Rome for his brother Emilio, who had become wealthy , which today houses the Istituto Svizzero . In 1905 he took over the restoration of San Lorenzo in Lugano , also with Guidini, during which the church was radically redesigned and which was completed by 1910.

As a politician, Maraini was a municipal and city councilor in Lugano, from 1897 to 1901 he was Ticino's Grand Councilor, and in 1922 he was a liberal-radical National Councilor for a few months, and from 1923 to 1927 he was again on the Grand Council (for the Rinnovamento economico ). From 1928 to 1934 he was a member of the federal and also the cantonal commission for the preservation of monuments, he was also president of the Ticino section of the Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects and of the board of directors of the Banca della Svizzera italiana .

Works (selection)

  • Villa Helios , Castagnola, 1901–1902
  • Villa Vassalli , Lugano, 1902
  • Palazzo Molinari , Lugano, 1903
  • Palazzo degli studi , (canton school), Lugano, 1903–1904 (with Guidini)
  • Villa Maraini , Rome, 1904–05
  • Hotel Excelsior , Rome, 1905
  • Villa Apostoli , Lugano, 1905–1906
  • Cathedral of San Lorenzo , restoration, Lugano, 1905-10 (with Guidini)
  • Albergo Walter , Lugano, 1907
  • Palazetto Enderlin , renovation, Lugano, 1908
  • Viale Cattaneo , residential building, Lugano, 1908
  • Villa Primavesi , Lugano, 1908
  • Società Edilizia Luganese , administration building, Lugano, 1906–1909
  • Volksbank , renovation, Lugano, 1909
  • Villa Planchita , Lugano, 1910
  • Villa Vella , Lugano, 1911–1912
  • Villa La Belgique , Lugano, 1912

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personal data
SURNAME Maraini, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Lugano
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1944
Place of death Lugano