Walter Di Salvo

Walter Di Salvo (20 July 1926 – 22 February 2017) was an Italian architect responsible for planning the layout of Punta Ala (Grosseto, Italy).^[1][2]

Walter Di Salvo
Born	(1926-07-20)20 July 1926 Florence, Kingdom of Italy
Died	22 February 2017(2017-02-22) (aged 90) Massa Marittima, Tuscany, Italy
Alma mater	University of Florence
Occupation(s)	Architect Urban planner

He also designed many important buildings in Punta Ala including the La Vela bar (1960),^[3] the church of Consolata (1961),^[4] Villa Rusconi^[5] and Villa Marzocchi (1962),^[6] Villa Nanni (1963),^[7] villa Di Gravio and the restaurant bar La Bussola (1965).^[8] In 1976 he built his own house Villa Di Salvo.^[9][10][11] He created more than 180 projects.

In 1987, he took part at the Fiat's Novoli Project in Florence, together with other architects such as Giovanni Michelucci, Richard Rogers, Bruno Zevi, Leonardo Ricci and Rob Krier.^[12] He also designed the shopping gallery of the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station.^[1]

Awards

He was awarded the IN-ARCH Prize for Tuscany, in 1990.^[1]