Designer · Italy · 1914–1963
Augusto Magnaghi
Augusto Magnaghi (1914–1963) – Italian architect and designer from Milan, winner of the Compasso d’Oro for the first modular kitchen for S.A.F.F.A.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1914–1963
- Country
- Italy
Augusto Magnaghi-Delfino was born on 27 August 1914 in Milan, where he also died on 23 November 1963. He was one of Milan’s leading post-war architects; he designed public buildings, including a school in the Feltre district, the San Filippo Neri church in Bovisasca and Fornaroli Hospital in Magenta.
He designed the first sofa bed for Busnelli. His handles are in the MoMA collection and were used on the Raffaello and Michelangelo ocean liners. In 1954, he received the Compasso d’Oro for the first modular kitchen by S.A.F.F.A. of Magenta.
