GPA Monti
Olivari Designers
Milan, 1948
Gianemilio, Pietro, and Anna Bertarini Monti open their professional studio in 1948, right after graduating from the university. They enthusiastically participate in the reconstruction of Milan after WWII with many residential buildings both in INA-Casa housing projects and in the center of town.
— Residential building in via A. Moro, San Donato Milanese – 1991
Their production, especially their villas in Piona (1952), Morbegno (1957), and Forte dei Marmi (1957) are published on major Italian and foreign periodicals. They then receive important commissions from Fiat and SNAM gas, such as the Pugnochiuso tourism center in Apulia.
— Residential building in via Calco 2 (with Enrico Freyrie), Milan 1954-1956
They are also active in design, creating products for De Padova and Fontana Arte. Their designs are rather experimental, since they are among the first to use plastic materials for illumination, with a series of lamps for Kartell in 1959.