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Edo Jesualdo Belli (1918 – August 26, 2003) was an American modernist architect based in Chicago.
Biography
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Belli was born on Chicago's North Side and attended Lane Technical High School . He apprenticed with the Holsman & Holsman firm while attending the Armour Institute of Technology in the evenings.[1] Perkins and Will , briefly for Graham, Anderson, Probst & White , and served in Guam as a member of the United States Navy Construction Battalion (the Seabees ) during World War II.[2]
Joined by his brother Anthony, early in his career Belli formed a lasting relationship with Chicago Archbishop Samuel Stritch , and won commissions for many churches and schools in the growing archdiocese.[3]
Archbishop Stritch also introduced Belli to financier John F. Cuneo Sr. Cuneo hired Belli for multiple major projects, including the 1957 Frank Cuneo Memorial Hospital, mall developments in Niles Illinois, Houston, and Scottsdale Arizona, and work at Cuneo's dairy/amusement park Hawthorn Mellody Farms. As of mid-2013 the Frank Cuneo Hospital complex is the focus of a preservation battle.[4]
Among hundreds of projects, with significant international work,[5] Lake Shore Drive , completed in 1963.
Belli died in Lake Forest, Illinois, on August 26, 2003. His sons Allen and James continue to operate Belli & Belli as a family-run firm, primarily specializing in healthcare, manufacturing and commercial work.[1]
Work
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Blue Cloud Abbey , Marvin, South Dakota , 1949
Marmion Abbey , Aurora, Illinois , multiple buildings, 1950
St. Patrick's High School , 5900 W. Belmont, Chicago, 1952-1956
multiple buildings, Notre Dame High School for Boys , Niles, Illinois, 1956[6]
St. Gertrude Church, Franklin Park, Illinois , 1952–53
St. Nicholas School, Aurora, Illinois, AIA award, 1957
Frank Cuneo Children's Hospital, Chicago, 1957
School at the St. Stanislaus Kostka Church , Chicago, 1959
Moreau Seminary, University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana, 1959
multiple buildings on the Marillac College campus, Normandy, Missouri, now part of the University of Missouri–St. Louis , circa 1960
St. William Church & Rectory Chicago, Chicago, 1960
Immaculate Conception Church, Pittsburgh, Pa, 1961
St. Joseph’s Hospital, 2900 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 1963
Golf Mill Professional Building (round 10-story tower), Golf Mill Shopping Center , Niles Illinois, 1963, with the Mill Run Playhouse , 1965 (playhouse razed 1984)
Clelian Heights School for Exceptional Children, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1968
Camelview Plaza , Scottsdale, Arizona, including Sakowitz , Bullock’s, an 11-story Arizona Bank Tower, and Camelview Cinema, 1974. Now merged into Scottsdale Fashion Square .
Frank Cuneo Memorial Hospital Extended Care Facility, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
St. Benedict the African Church, Englewood, Illinois, 1987
References
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^ "Edo Belli interview with Betty Blum, Chicago Architects Oral History Project, 1983" . The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2013-10-10 .
^ "Next on the hit list: Edo Belli's Cuneo Hospital complex" . Chicago Reader . Retrieved 22 April 2016 .
^ Belli & Belli Architects and Engineers
^ "Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois" . Retrieved 22 April 2016 .
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