UpGranT Workbook of Affinities

This contribution presents buildings designed by ten Grand Tourists in Milan, spanning three generations. Gio Ponti (1891‑1979) and Giovanni Muzio (1893‑1982) were already active in the interwar period. After the Second World War, in Italy, particularly in Milan, the city’s concrete historical dimension became dramatically evident in its continuous transition from past to future. With this awareness, many Italians distanced themselves from the canons of the Modern Movement, among whom were Piero Bottoni (1903‑1973), Ignazio Gardella (1905‑1999), Franca Helg (1920‑1989), Franco Marescotti (1908‑1991), and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909‑1969). Vittoriano Viganò (1919‑1996) anticipated the third generation, including Gae Aulenti (1927‑2012) and Guido Canella (1931‑2009).