Enrico Peressutti (1908-1976) was an Italian
architect. He
grew up between Italy and Romania. In 1932, after graduating from Milan Polytechnic, he joined forces with fellow students Gian Luigi Banfi, Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso et Ernesto Nathan Rogers to form BBPR: an architectural firm already in contact with exponents of the Modern Movement in the 1930s. During WWII, Peressutti served on the Russian front before joining the Resistance like his comrades. Banfi and Belgiojoso were sent to concentration camps in Austria, while Rogers, of Jewish descent, took refuge in Switzerland. Banfi did not return from the camp, although his comrades kept his name in the studio's acronym. Peressutti combined his professional activity with various teaching experiences in Italy and abroad. The volume
Enrico Peressutti, Fotografie mediterranee, edited by Serena Maffioletti (Il Poligrafo, 2010), is dedicated to his activity as a photographer.
