Luigi Cagnola practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Luigi Cagnola as Italian architect (1762-1833).
Luigi Cagnola was born at Milan in 1762. His recorded nationality is Italy.
Baroque and neoclassical building served courts, churches and states, and architecture became an instrument of display.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are Arch of Peace and Äußeres Burgtor. 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.
Luigi Cagnola died in 1833, aged 71. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Arch of Peace
- Notable work: Äußeres Burgtor
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