A student of Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Magistretti learns his job in his father’s studio. He constructs numerous buildings in his hometown of Milan, such as the church of the QT8 neighborhood (1953), the Tower in the Park (1956), and the houses in Piazza San Marco (1965) and Piazza Aquileia (1961).
1999
1992
Fuori produzione
— Eclissi lampada, Artemide 1967
— Vico Magistretti
He becomes famous at the 1959 CIAM when one of his villas in Arenzano causes a sensation over its mix of modernist and vernacular elements.
Nonetheless, Magistretti is mainly remembered as a furniture designer; some pieces are celebrated as icons of Made in Italy: his Carimate chair, (1960) his Maralunga sofa (1973) and the Nuvola Rossa bookshelf (1977) for Cassina; his Eclisse lamp (Golden Compass Award 1967) and Selene chair (1969) for Artemide.
— Selene sedia, Artemide 1968
— Nuvola Rossa libreria, Cassina 1977
— Maralunga divano, Cassina 1973
— Atollo lampada/light, O-luce 1977
