Mario Palanti architectural records, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919-1948, undated

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Summary

Creators:
Palanti, Mario
Abstract:
The papers of Mario Palanti (1885-1979) primarily document the planning and construction of the Palacio Salvo in Montevideo, Uruguay, as well as Palanti's dry masonry technique known as "Palandomus."
Extent:
5 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 13 flat-file folders, 9 tubes)
Language:
Collection material is in English and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

Mario Palanti architectural records, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919-1948, undated, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Accession no. 910002.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa910002

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of Mario Palanti (1885-1979) primarily document the planning and construction of the Palacio Salvo in Montevideo, Uruguay, as well as Palanti's dry masonry technique known as "Palandomus".

Series I is composed primarily of notes on housing projects, a patent request, various writings dealing with dry masonry, photographs, and postcards of the Palacio Salvo during construction and of its interior.

Series II consists of circa 180 blueprints of Palacio Salvo.

Series III contains a photograph album of Uruguay (1945-1946) and an undated photograph album of the Otis Elevator Company with calligraphic captions of buildings, elevator lobbies, and elevator engines.

Biographical / historical:

Mario Palanti (1885-1979) was an Italian architect who worked in Argentina and Uruguay.

Processing information:

Finding aid encoded in 2020 by Petra Warren.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into three series: Series I. Correspondence, documents, and construction photographs, 1919-1948, undated; Series II. Blueprints, 1923-1927, undated; Series III. Photograph Albums, 1945-1946, undated.

Physical location:
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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

Mario Palanti architectural records, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919-1948, undated, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Accession no. 910002.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa910002

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