Arturo Mezzedimi
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Arturo Mezzedimi | |
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| Born | 19 June 1922 |
| Died | 30 May 2010 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | Istituto Tecnico per Geometri Vittorio Bottego, Asmara |
| Occupation | Architect |
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| Website | arturomezzedimi |
Arturo Mezzedimi (19 June 1922 – 30 May 2010) was an Italian architect who worked principally in East Africa and the Middle East. He designed more than a hundred buildings in the Horn of Africa, among them Addis Ababa City Hall and Africa Hall,[1][2] and planned more than twenty urban centres in Ethiopia.[3] In 1965 he received the Mangia d'Oro prize of the city of Siena,[4] and in 1972 was made a Grande Ufficiale of the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.[5]
