Vittoriano Viganò was an Italian architect and academic, known for his particular use of reinforced concrete and an exponent of Italian Brutalism. Born in Milan in 1919 he obtained his education between Classical Studies and the Faculty of Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic, where he graduated in 1944. He began his profession by apprenticing at the BBPR studio to later open his own professional practice. In the meantime, he began his work as a volunteer assistant and then as a professor of Interior Architecture at the University, later ceding the chair to Gio Ponti. Through his father Vico, a painter and engraver, Vittoriano came into contact with the Milanese artistic milieu that would allow him to experiment with the interweaving of art with architecture and design. Over the years he developed research on the primary types of residences and services, museums and theaters, and the relationship between space and object. In the 1950s Gino Sarfatti entrusted him with the artistic direction of Arteluce, incorporating his own style into the company and thus creating iconic pieces. Viganò was also a protagonist of the international scene, but in Italy he created a series of extraordinary architectural and urbanistic works through a more mature and particular language.