Mario Tamagno

Mario Tamagno (19 June 1877 – 1941) was an Italian architect who worked mainly in early 20th-century Siam (modern-day Thailand). He was educated at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, where he became an instructor after graduating in 1895. He travelled to Siam in 1900, where he entered employment with the Siamese government in a twenty-five-year contract. He was among many Westerners, particularly Italians, who were employed as architects and civil engineers during the reign of King Chulalongkorn. He produced many works, and contributed extensively with Annibale Rigotti, most notably on the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. He married an Italian woman in Thailand, and returned to Italy after the term of his government contract ended.

Notable contributions

• Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge
• Oriental Hotel
• The first office of the Siam Commercial Bank
• Phitsanulok Mansion
• Bang Khun Phrom Palace (1906)
• Suan Kularb Residential Hall and Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall in the Dusit Palace
• Hua Lamphong Railway Station (1907)
• Neilson Hays Library (1920–22)

Contributions with Annibale Rigotti:

• Wat Benchamabophit (under Prince Narisara Nuvadtivongs)
• Nongkhran Samoson Hall in Suan Sunanda Palace (1911)
• Siam pavilion at the 1911 Turin International world's fair.
• Santa Cruz Church (1913, reconstruction)
• Thewarat Sapharom Throne Hall in the Phaya Thai Palace (c.1910)

References

• De Lazara, Leopoldo Ferri; Piazzardi, Paolo; Cassio, Alberto (1992). Italiani alla corte del siam–Italians at the court of Siam–ชาวอิตาเลียนในราชสำนักไทย. Bangkok: Amarin Printing and Publishing (published 1996). ISBN 978-974-8364-60-5. 
• Noobanjong, Koompong (2003). Power, identity, and the rise of modern architecture: from Siam to Thailand. [S.l.]: Dissertation.com. ISBN 978-1-58112-201-5. 
• "Tamagno, Mario". A World's Fair in Italy: Turin 1911. University of Virginia. Retrieved 12 February 2012.