Dome

Close view where expressed exterior vertical structure meets the struts; BBPR Architectural Studio is a partnership of architects, designers, urban planners and critics, established in Milan in 1932. The firm’s name was derived from the first letters of the surnames of its original four partners: Banfi, Belgiojoso, Perussutti, and Rogers. They all graduated from the Politecnico of Milan in 1932. The Torre Velasca in Milan was completed in 1958. In the form of a medieval city tower, its upper floors have the effect of overhanging battlements, although being uncompromisingly modern in technique. The tower is mixed-use, residential and commercial. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/14/2010)