Ferdinando Poggi (15 February 1902 – October 1986) was an Italian architect and engineer mainly active in Tuscany and in Albania during the Italian occupation.
The former Casa del Fascio in Tirana
Ferdinando Poggi was the son of Giuseppina Canonico, daughter of magistrate Tancredi Canonico, and Leone Poggi (1867–1953), a civil engineer, and grandson of Enrico Poggi (1812–1890), magistrate and Minister of Justice of the Tuscan government. His great-uncle Giuseppe Poggi was the architect responsible for major urban works during the period when Florence became the capital of Italy.[2]
He graduated in civil engineering in Rome in 1924. During the 1930s, he directed construction works for the Istituto Benito Mussolini in Rome and the Istituto Nazionale Fascista della Previdenza Sociale in Padua.[2][3]
↑Insabato, Elisabetta; Ghelli, Cecilia (2007). Guida agli archivi di architetti e ingegneri del Novecento in Toscana. Florence: Edifir. pp.289–291.
↑Calace, Francesca, ed. (2012). "Restituiamo la Storia" – Dagli archivi ai territori. Architetture e modelli urbani nel Mediterraneo orientale. Rome: Gangemi. pp.49–50.
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