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PROGETTO ARTE POLI
The Italian
Renaissance Atelier
by the artist Albano Poli
FORM, LIGHT, COLOUR ...ART
Left: facade of blown glass, company in Modena
Above: wall of metal and glass, Gritti Hotel, Verona
ATELIER
The ideas take shape in the atelier, where the raw material is
shaped to man’s will, where experience is the bridge to join
passion with knowledge to create real masterpieces.
By working with different materials and techniques, the
Progetto Arte Poli studio is as versatile as any of the ancient
renaissance workshops, where the artist and his assistants ably
moved between glassware, painting and sculpture.
MISSION
Before becoming a project, each work is born from a feeling, from an intuition that is then transferred as a drawing onto
paper and then shaped by the able artist’s hands in the material, who creates and lives the work as it grows.
The Progetto Arte Poli is a well-known company at both the national and international levels since they have been working in the
artistic sector for more than half a century.
The work of Progetto Arte Poli is inspired by the philosophy of the Renaissance workshop, which operates according to innovative
techniques still following the tradition.
In this large workshop of 6000 square meters, very high level crafts come together with artistic creativity. This combination is achieved,
thanks to the experience and manual abilities of qualified professionals who collaborated together with Master Albano Poli: an
example of the union between creative genius and manual ability, between loyalty to the ancient tradition and being open to new
artistic expressions.
The Veronese workshop of Albano Poli has been operating for decades in the sector of stained glass and furnishing accessories.
The works that come out of this workshop are finished, tested and ready to be inserted in the structures they are designed for; they
conserve every detail, the preciousness and precision of ancient techniques, while taking with them the breath of an invention that
uses the typical abstraction of contemporary art.
Mosaics, frescoes, wrought iron, stone, wooden works, bronze sculptures, and preservative restoration are used and integrated in
designing and making stained glass, confirming Progetto Arte Poliís strong point: combining very different artisan works and using the
irreplaceable traditional artistic techniques together with the latest forefront technology.
The company offers its experience in every phase from the design to the final realization as, well as assembling the products; this
fundamental added value has been confirmed by the fact that the company has obtained the S.O.A certification in the OS2, OG2
and OS6 for its workings.
ARTIST ALBANO POLI
Albano Poli began his long career more than fifty years ago.
Initially he restored or reproduced church windows and then
gradually, over the years, thanks to his great manual skill and
creative genius, he began designing windows with his own
style. Works of art which are new and different each single time,
fully appreciated by their admirers for their precious materials,
precision techniques and, often, for their abstraction.
Maestro Poli’s creativity soon meant that he was surrounded
with professionals and craftsmen who, together with him,
grew with the same awareness experimenting new artistic
expressions.
DESIGN STUDIO
Maestro Albano Poli, with all his great skills, began his work
alone but he was soon joined by his son Paolo beginning a
journey together that led to opening a design studio where
their ideas are thrown into the melting pot and are compared,
revised and corrected until they reach their final, essential but
ever complete outcome.
DESIGN
ARTISTIC GLASS WINDOWS
MOSAICS
FRESCOES
STONE WORKS
BRONZE WORKS
WOODEN WORKS
WROUGHT IRONS WORKS
SUPPORTING STRUCTURES
RESTORATION
DESIGN
ARTISTIC GLASS WINDOWS
MOSAICS
FRESCOES
STONE WORKS
BRONZE WORKS
WOODEN WORKS
WROUGHT IRONS WORKS
SUPPORTING STRUCTURES
RESTORATION
ARTISTIC GLASS WINDOWS
Some glass works
Artistic glass windows exclusively made with mouth blown glass following the
antique glass technique, coloured with natural oxides: a millenary process
that permits to make glass of unique transparency and colours.
COSTA CROCIERE
Works implemented: artistic stained glass
windows on the cruise liners Costa Fortuna
and Costa Magica
Albano Poli made two artistic glass windows
in the party hall of Costa Fortuna and Costa
Magica.
HOTEL AMBASCIATORI PALACE, ROME
Works implemented: glass ceiling
Designed by the famous architect Mr Carlo Burisi Vici and built up at the beginning
of the twentieth century, this hotel is also
known as “Palazzo degli Ambasciatori” (Ambassadors’ Palace), since from when it was
established it hosted the diplomatic people
of the embassies nearby.
Between 1993 and 2001 the palace was
restored, bringing the rooms back to how
they were at the beginning of the century.
Among the most important interventions are
the implementation of a large ceiling in the
Sala Ambasciatori (Ambassadors’ Room),
which was created with blown glass with
yellow shades and enhanced by a back
lighting system.
HOTEL D’ANGLETERRE, COPENAGHEN
Works implemented: external pyramid-shaped roof and ceiling underneath made of
blown glass
HOTEL PRINCIPE DI SAVOIA, MILAN
Works implemented: alabaster glass ceiling
When it was first inaugurated in 1927, the Hotel Principe di Savoia of Milan hosted businessmen, who had the chance to use it as a business venue
and to relax in its comfortable environments. The hotel became soon a place for sovereigns and famous people belonging to the world of art and
literature.
The hotel is still considered as a prestigious hotel and it represents the excellence of the Italian hotel facilities.
Master Albano Poli designed and created a special ceiling in the Garden Room of the hotel. It features a curved structure with a central dome,
where real curved alabasters were set up. The ceiling also features wrought steel flower decorations.
Built in 1755 in the heart of Copenhagen,
Hotel D’Angleterre has been an important
place for numerous political and national
events in the history of Denmark. The hotel,
also thanks to its 250 year history, is a symbol
of elegance, luxury and style.
In 2005 the hotel owners charged Albano
Poli to create a new ceiling in the party hall.
The Master designed not only the blown
glass decorative ceiling, but also an aluminium and glass pyramid roof, thus enhancing also the exteriors of the hotel.
The blown glass ceiling enhances the beauty of the whole environment and it features
a central mechanized opening to let air circulate, combining elegance to handiness.
2005 EXPO’ EXHIBITION, AICHI, JAPAN
Works implemented: artistic stained blown
glass window
The Expò has always been an extraordinary
universal event to give visibility to tradition,
creativity and innovation in various sectors.
In 2005, Albano Poli was charged to represent Italy and its characteristics by creating
artistic stained glass windows that were used
to set up the Pavilion dedicated to the exhibitors of our country.
Albano Poli used glass to create a peculiar
paper “scroll” where to fix Italian landscapes
and typical products to talk about the wonders of this country. The abstract compositions of the coloured glasses feature some
specific characteristics that are typical of
the Italian landscapes, however, they also
leave plenty of space to imagination and
interpretation.
HOTEL GRITTI, LAKE OF GARDA
Works implemented: glass wall
MOSAICS
Some mosaic works
The artworks come alive through a careful combination of the glass tesseras,
the smalti, the stones and the marbles, used to make both architectural parts
and liturgical furnishings. The tesseras are hand-cut and shaped using the
hammer (following the antique mosaic tradition) or the saw for the inlay works.
The mosaics are made using the indirect technique putting the tesseras on
a piece of paper and glue or using the modern direct technique where the
mosaic is put on a net and then installed.
PRIVATE VILLA
This extremely modern panel has become
an innovative table.
PRIVATE VILLA
Progetto Arte Poli made the entire swimming-pool floor for a private villa on the hills near Lake Garda. This mosaic that been
made using small smalti tesseras
PRIVATE VILLA
ROMANA CAFE’, MILAN
CATULLO AIRPORT, VERONA
Progetto Arte Poli created a contemporary marble and glass counter for the ticket office at Catullo Airport in Verona. We used the intarsio technique,
with tesseras of different dimension and thickness.
At the base of the marble columns, the
combination of different tesseras creates a
remarkable decoration of the floor.
The renovation of the interiors for the Romana Cafè in Milan has been possible thanks
to the new mosaics, the stained windoes
and the sacred furnishings.
The mosaics that cover the columns have
been made through the traditional technique of using small stone tesseras, gold tesseras and smalti. These tesseras have been
then put in a particular way as to create an
abstract decoration.
The light-blue shades of the columns can
also be seen on the stained windows and
the contemporary furnishing made by Progetto Arte Poli.
COMPANY IN VERONA
This flooring decoration of the stairs has
been made using the “indirect technique”.
WROUGHT IRON
Some wrought iron works
The succession of the beats on the hot iron gives life to vibrant artworks which,
thanks to a wise use of the light that is spread and reflected, shadows and
glows, decorate and enhance the environment. Not just iron, but also copper
and brass are forged by innovative ideas and abilities that people often
believe have disappeared.
garden.
The peculiarity of this structure is the engine system that makes it disappear in the
ground. This system allows the owner to
have an outdoor patio in summer and an
indoor veranda in winter.
The structure has also wrought iron decorations.
its history. It dates back to 1908, the year in
which it was inaugurated.
To enhance the entrance from the internal
garden, in 2005 Albano Poli was charged
to implement an external shelter. The external shelter was built up in a liberty style and
an inner door was created to embellish the
whole entrance. The inner door is in liberty style too and it is made of blown glass,
wrought steel and gold decorations.
Inside, Albano Poli used blown glass to create a circular skylight illuminating and decorating the great and precious staircase.
MASI WINE CELLAR, VERONA
Work implemented: artistic glass doors
The stained glass windows made for the
Masi wine cellars in Verona are finished with
wrought iron handles that remind of a bunch of grapes.
GRAND HOTEL DES ILES BORROMEES, STRESA
Works implemented: external wrought steel and glass shelter, sign
Established in 1861 the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees was the first hotel facility overlooking Lake Maggiore to host famous people, including sovereigns and well-known
writers and artists.
Also in this case, blown glass was used to create the shelter, since it is a very versatile
material. The shelter is simple, but extremely elegant and it welcomes guests at the
main entrance. The roof is supported by two cast iron and wrought steel columns.
The same style is used also in the sign, which reminds of an ancient banner.
HOTEL REGINA PALACE, STRESA
Works implemented: external wrought
steel and glass shelter, inner door of the
entrance, sign
Overlooking the banks of Lake Maggiore, in
the town centre of Stresa and directly opposite to the Borromean Islands, the hotel is
a prestigious place both for its facilities and
PRIVATE VILLA
Works implemented: handrail
PRIVATE VILLA, LAGO MAGGIORE
Works implemented: veranda
This metal and glass structure delimits the
patio of this villa creating in this way a winter
This wrought iron handrail is enhanced by
glass gems.
FRESCOES
Some frescoes
The fresco decoration, according to the traditional technique, or using the
modern decorative technique, is a way of expression free from the limitations
of the material and becomes an artwork that, without compromises, can
faithfully transmit an idea, a message, a feeling.
HOTEL
Works implemented: frescoes
Decorations of the ceiling of a 5-star-hotel.
WEDDING HOUSE
Detail of a traditional fresco made for the reception hall of a wedding house.
DISNEYSEA, TOKYO, JAPAN
Works implemented: trompe-l’oeil decoration of the buildings recreating the Italian town
of Portofino in the theme park
Tokyo DisneySea is a theme park belonging to the Tokyo Disney Resort, Japan. The main
theme is water and sea: a particularly interesting theme due to the amazing scenery.
In the area concerning the Mediterranean harbours, Albano Poli was asked to recreate the
same landscapes and the same suggestive atmosphere of the Italian places by carrying
out the trompe-l’oeil decoration of all the 27 buildings of this part of the park, for a total of
15,000 m².
BRONZE AND METAL WORKS
Some bronze and metal works
Bronze sculptures, structures, doors, windows, frameworks: not just simple
elements but important aspects of a unique project, the result of the research
of qualified technicians. These components can increase the value of the
artistic works and they can even be unique parts themselves, with are suitable
to the existing architecture and provide solutions without style compromises.
Entrance door of metal and glass
GREGORETTI INSTITURE, TRIESTE
Veranda of metal and old-looking glass
PRIVATE VILLA IN RIYAD
Entrance door of bronze and glass.
Photo of a processing phase.
Entrance door of steel and mouth blown glass.
Detail of a bronze sculpture.
PRIVATE VILLA
Veranda of steel and artistic glass windows
DISTRICT OF VERONA
Bronze sculpture representing Juliet
FURNITURE
Some pieces of furniture
Each furniture piece becomes an art work thanks to precious materials and
the refined design.
city of the invention of original shapes and
aspects and for the research of uncommon
and unusual effects.
PRIVATE VILLA
The ability of combining several materials
allows Progetto Arte Poli to creat artpieces
like this wooden piece of furniture, finished
with glass shutters.
PRIVATE VILLA
The contemporary furniture items such as
lamps, dividers and chairs made out of
glass contrast with the frescos and the antique architecture of the villa.
PRIVATE VILLA
The particular structure of the table that support the glass has been made out of wrought brass.
COMPANY IN VERONA
The stainless steel door has a remarkable
brightness thanks to the fused glass with the
insertion of silver leaf. The same decoration
can also be seen on the crystal table.
LAMPS
In 1968 Albano Poli was awarded by the
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts for the
works implemented for the Decorative Art
Division of the 34th International Art Biennale
of Venice, one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world, in charge of promoting the new artistic trends since 1895.
Albano Poli presented some of the new
lamps designed by him and belonging to
a series that became famous for the auda-
DESIGN ITEMS
Some items design
Each item has its own style which characterizes the enviroment.
PLATES AND TRAYS
Creativity has no limits in making glass
plates and trays, which turn into unique and
personalized items thanks to the different
decorative techniques.
In the pictures: the trays presented to Mrs.
Valentina Vezzali on the opening day of
“Horse Fair 2013” in Verona and to Mr. Davidson on the 110 Harley-Davidson Anniversary celebrated in Rome.
collectors’ items. At the same time Albano
Poli’s innovative mind leads him to make
new led lights implemented with mouth
blown glass.
LAMPS
WALL LAMP made with a mouth blown glass sheet
In 1968 Albano Poli was awarded by the
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts for the
works implemented for the Decorative Art
Division of the 34th International Art Biennale
of Venice, one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world, in charge of promoting the new artistic trends since 1895.
Albano Poli presented some of the new
lamps designed by him and belonging to
a series that became famous for the audacity of the invention of original shapes and
aspects and for the research of uncommon and unusual effects.
Nowadays these lamps are regarded as
VASES
Smooth shapes, softened colours and
different transparencies make the vases of
mouth blown glass exclusive items used for
many purposes.
We worked in...
Italy:
Comune di Feltre, Museo Rizzarda (BL)
Centro Benessere “Hotel Adler”, Ortisei (BZ)
Museo S.Giulia (BS)
Vittoriale Gardone Riviera (BS)
Palazzo Apostolico, Citta’ del Vaticano
Costa Crociere Spa (GE)
Museo del Castello , L’Aquila
CCIAA (MN)
Palazzo Ducale, Sala degli Sposi, (MN)
Banco Desio e Brianza Spa (MI)
Hotel Principe di Savoia (MI)
Romana residence Cafè (MI)
Grand Hotel Des Iles Borromees, Stresa (NO)
Hotel Regina Palace, Stresa (NO)
Hotel Ambasciatori (RM)
Castello del Buon Consiglio (TN)
Castello di Stenico (TN)
Terme di Comano (TN)
Museo Sartorio (TS)
Hotel Carlton (VE)
Hotel Danieli (VE)
Hotel Excelsior (VE)
Hotel Gritti Palace (VE)
Hotel Majestic (VB)
Aeroporto V.Catullo, Villafranca (VR)
Glaxo Spa (VR)
Sede Banca Popolare di Verona
Sede di Verona della Cassa di Risparmio di VR,VI,BL,AN
Stazione FFSS (VR)
Loggia del Capitanio (VR)
Hotel Gritti, Bardolino (VR)
Japan:
Awashima Hotel Tokyo
Expo’2005, Aichi
Life land, Co, ltd, Casa delle cerimonie “La Foresta Magnifica”, Chiba
Matsuyafoods Restaurant, Tokyo
Matsuzakaya Grandi Magazzini, Nagoya (collezione oggettistica 2005)
Parco Disney Sea, Tokyo
Germany:
Hotel Holiday Inn, Mannheim
Hotel Holiday Inn, Wiesbaden
Hotel Regent,Monaco
Austria:
E+J Mittermayr, Fulpmes/Tirol
Hausberrger Lichtdesign, Innsbruck
Mode+Accessories, Innsbruck
Switzerland:
Banca del Sempione, Lugano
Hotel Bellevue, Lugano
Hotel Schweizer Hof, Kreuzlingen
Sala Consiliare Municipio di Mendrisio
Saudi Arabia:
Riyadh, Et Mme Jammaz Al Suhaimi
United States:
Definition ltd, Florida
Tradex Group, California
Cosmopro Inc., Florida
Kenya:
North Kinangop Hospital
Arcidiocesi di Nairoby
Russia:
Valmont Enterprises Ltd, Mosca
Ethiopia:
Hotel Sheraton, Addis Abeba
Denmark:
Grand Hotel d’Angleterre, Copenaghen
PROGETTO ARTE POLI
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