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          FONDAZIONE ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI

          Achille Castiglioni was born in Milan on February 16th 1918, in 1944 he graduated in Architecture from Politecnico of Milan.

          Since 1940, he has been experimenting industrial products with his brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968).

          After the graduation, he started to looking into forms, techniques and new materials, conceiving a complete design process.

          From 1945 to 1962, he leaded the studio’s activities with his brother Pier Giacomo in a studio in Milan at Corso di Porta Nuova 57, the building was knocked down in 1962, so they transferred the studio in P.zza Castello 27, where he collaborated with Pier Giacomo until he died in 1968.

          From 1968 to 2002, when Achille died, he has been leading the studio by himself.

          He achieved  in 1969 the teaching qualification on “Artistic Design for Industry” from the Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (Ministry of Public Education) and he taught at Turin Architecture Univer