GPA Monti

Olivari Designers

GPA Monti

Olivari Designers

MILANO, 1948

Gianemilio, Pietro, and Anna Bertarini Monti open their professional studio in 1948, right after graduating from the university. They enthusiastically participate in the reconstruction of Milan after WWII with many residential buildings both in INA-Casa housing projects and in the center of town.

Lario - Monti GPA
Lario
1976 - Out of production
boma_GR - grigio / grey
Boma Ny
1972
Casa d’abitazione in via A. Moro a San Donato Milanese - 1991
— Casa d’abitazione in via A. Moro a San Donato Milanese – 1991

Their production, especially their villas in Piona (1952), Morbegno (1957), and Forte dei Marmi (1957) are published on major Italian and foreign periodicals. They then receive important commissions from Fiat and SNAM gas, such as the Pugnochiuso tourism center in Apulia.

Casa d’abitazione in via Calco 2 (con Enrico Freyrie), Milano 1954-1956
— Casa d’abitazione in via Calco 2 (con Enrico Freyrie), Milano 1954-1956

They are also active in design, creating products for De Padova and Fontana Arte. Their designs are rather experimental, since they are among the first to use plastic materials for illumination, with a series of lamps for Kartell in 1959.

— Appendiabiti in compensato multistrato, de Padova ICF 1955