century by Bocconi Bros, next to the Piazza del Duomo, which had been celebrated by the poet Gabriele d’Annunzio (1863-1936). Armani became involved in marketing for the company, then began to design manswear [...] century by Bocconi Bros, next to the Piazza del Duomo, which had been celebrated by the poet Gabriele d’Annunzio (1863-1936). Armani became involved in marketing for the company, then began to design manswear

nineteenth century. He had a particular interest in Paris. In 1978 he was one of the founders of the Comité d’information et de liaison pour l’archéologie, l’étude et la mise en valeur du patrimoine industriel

led to many other examples. Brunel was knighted by Queen Victoria and in France received the Légion d'honneur. His health deteriorated but he continued to help his son Isambard with engineering projects

Crespi was principally responsible for the building of Crespi d’Adda the most spectacular industrial community in Italy. The cotton mills at Crespi d’Adda, established by his father in 1878, were powered by [...] machinery. He then joined his father and was responsible for many of the buildings for which Crespi d’Adda has become famous, including the family residence, a ‘castle’ built in 1894-97 to the design of [...] succession of early hydro-electric plants and in 1909 a hydro-electric plant was installed at Crespi d’Adda itself. Crespi himself had a profound understanding of electrical engineering, and developed financial

Slavkov in 1793 by Johann Georg Paulus which prospered under the management of Johann Georg Lippers (d 1843) and Wenzel Haas (1772-1830). By 1867 the company was known as Haas und Lippert, and subsequently

the commission to build the Rhine bridge between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. He was awarded the Légion d’honneur of France and the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown.

synchronising a forward-firing machine gun with the propeller of the single engine of a fighter plane. His D-VIII, delivered from April 1918, was one of the most effective aircraft to be employed in the war. The

on water supply systems and roads in Veneto, including the construction of the road over the Cortina d’Ampezzo to Trevisco (Toblach). Like almost every civil engineer in Europe in the 1830s, he was attracted

set designs, Adolf Loos, and Le Corbusier, with whom he helped to organise the Congres International d’Architecture Moderne held in Athens in 1933. In 1927 he visited London to design a shop for Helena

Paris and qualified as a surgeon. In 1780 he was appointed private physician to Duc Louis-Phillipe d’Orléans, who let Leblanc use his private laboratory for experiments. The problem of alkali supply was [...] anhydrous sodium carbonate (NA 2 CO 3 ) – also known as ‘soda ash’. Leblanc set up a plant with the Duc d’Orléans. However, the Revolutionary government in France confiscated it shortly afterwards, annulled

d milk. By 1912 he was selling over 1,000,000 litres of milk every week and was awarded the Legion d’honneur for reducing disease in schoolchildren. Maggi understood the importance of advertising and

The inventor and businessman Andras Mechwart led the Ganz engineering company at Budapest after the death in 1867 of its founder, Abraham Ganz . He joined the company in 1859 and remained with it for

In 1782 he invented an iron cement to seal steam engine components. In 1799 he patented the long ‘D-slide’ steam valve. For marine markets, Murdoch designed the engine for Robert Fulton to use in the

in Vienna. Lack of capital forced him into partnership with a rival, the American, Colonel William d’Alton Mann (1839-1920), a retired cavalryman, who had supplied the first sleeping car in Great Britain

Schneider made his company into one of the most innovative in Europe. He encouraged Francois Bourdon (d 1865) in the development of the steam hammer in the late 1830s, and a 1300-tonne steam hammer of 1876 [...] company manufactured locomotives, steamships, bridges, iron frames for buildings, including the Gare d’Austerlitz in Paris, and armaments, particularly artillery pieces. From about 1870 it produced mild

through his son, Dirk W Stork (1855-1928), and the company sold its thousandth steam engine in 1897. D W Stork set up the Association of Dutch Employers in 1898, had interests in banking, and in 1918 was

l'industrie for the international exhibition in Paris of 1855, for which he was awarded the legion d’honneur. Over the next ten years he built railways in the south-west of England and became involved