Domenico dell'Allio practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Domenico dell'Allio as Italian architect.
Domenico dell'Allio was born at Lanzo d'Intelvi in 1505. His recorded nationality is Italy.
The Renaissance made the architect an individual with a signature, a theory and a reputation, working from drawings rather than on site.
He is recorded as architect.
Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
That the work was built in Italy shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Domenico dell'Allio died in 1563, aged 58. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
