MATERIAL - BALANCE - FORM - FUNCTION
Representing cutting edge, Italian contemporary design companies for the home and office, Archisesto Inc. is dedicated to bringing the most innovative, modern design concepts to life to complete the visions of their clients. Creative collaboration between Archisesto and the design needs of the clients, merges the concepts of material, balance, form and function to achieve design solutions that customize to their lifestyle.
All products imported by Archisesto are hand-crafted in Italy and hand finished by expert, Italian technicians. This level of artisan detail allows us to give you the highest quality products, unique and exclusive offerings, bringing traditional Italian craftsmanship to your project.
Representing cutting edge, Italian contemporary design companies for the home and office, Archisesto Inc. is dedicated to bringing the most innovative, modern design concepts to life to complete the visions of their clients. Creative collaboration between Archisesto and the design needs of the clients, merges the concepts of material, balance, form and function to achieve design solutions that customize to their lifestyle.
All products imported by Archisesto are hand-crafted in Italy and hand finished by expert, Italian technicians. This level of artisan detail allows us to give you the highest quality products, unique and exclusive offerings, bringing traditional Italian craftsmanship to your project.
Located in the West Loop of Downtown Chicago, Archisesto Inc. provides contemporary design services to their clients as a by-appointment only showroom. Since 2004, founder Giacomo Ferrucci, has served as the founder and president of the company to innovate and bring contemporary design elements to American homes.
Archisesto is Chicago's premier destination for Italian design, with a large multi-level showroom space featuring the highest quality imports that suit your design vision, and lifestyle.
For more information or to schedule an appointment today, please contact us.
Archisesto is Chicago's premier destination for Italian design, with a large multi-level showroom space featuring the highest quality imports that suit your design vision, and lifestyle.
For more information or to schedule an appointment today, please contact us.
GIACOMO FERRUCCI
Native of Lucca, Italy, Giacomo Ferrucci, founder of Archisesto was inspired nearly two decades ago by a family-owned, Tuscan stable built in 1689. "As my parents transformed what was once a bull pen into the villa that is today, I lost myself flipping through the pages of the architectural magazines my mother used for ideas". Ferrucci refined his vision for architecture studying at the University of Florence, while concurrently working under various Italian architects.
"Through my years of experience, an in depth knowledge of the industry, I founded Archisesto. My main goal is to achieve the maximum in Italian functionality and style in all the homes and offices I design. I approach each project with the passion, ensuring the best possible products and services step by step from the very first sketch to the execution of the finishing touches".
Native of Lucca, Italy, Giacomo Ferrucci, founder of Archisesto was inspired nearly two decades ago by a family-owned, Tuscan stable built in 1689. "As my parents transformed what was once a bull pen into the villa that is today, I lost myself flipping through the pages of the architectural magazines my mother used for ideas". Ferrucci refined his vision for architecture studying at the University of Florence, while concurrently working under various Italian architects.
"Through my years of experience, an in depth knowledge of the industry, I founded Archisesto. My main goal is to achieve the maximum in Italian functionality and style in all the homes and offices I design. I approach each project with the passion, ensuring the best possible products and services step by step from the very first sketch to the execution of the finishing touches".
"Archisesto" (Architectonic Sector)
Name coined by the inventor, combining the words "archi[tettura]" (architecture) and "sesto" (compass), i.e., 'architectonic compass'.
Inventor
Ottavio Revese Bruti (16th-17th cent.)
Historic Period
1627
Description
Proportional compasses for measuring the architectural orders according to the proportions of Andrea Palladio, invented by Ottavio Revese Bruti, an architect from Vicenza. Modelled after the geometric and military compass of Galileo Galilei, the instrument is formed of two flat legs and a transverse arc bearing five sets of proportional scales, each dedicated to one of the elements of an architectural order: the arches, architraves, columns, bases, capitals and balusters of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionian, Corinthian and Composite orders. The success of the archisesto among the proportional instruments used by architects was decreed by British authors who, between 1723 and 1761, at the height of the neo-Palladian vogue, published translations and revisions of Bruti’s treatise in honour of the special interest of King George III in architecture and mathematical instruments. In Britain the instrument was known as the architectonic sector.
"The Archisesto compass is an instrument that is capable of producing perfect architectural curves, an intriguing function that continues to inspire and challenge our design capabilities at Archisesto Inc."
- Giacomo Ferrucci, President.
Image from the Science History Institute and Museum of Florence (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze).
Name coined by the inventor, combining the words "archi[tettura]" (architecture) and "sesto" (compass), i.e., 'architectonic compass'.
Inventor
Ottavio Revese Bruti (16th-17th cent.)
Historic Period
1627
Description
Proportional compasses for measuring the architectural orders according to the proportions of Andrea Palladio, invented by Ottavio Revese Bruti, an architect from Vicenza. Modelled after the geometric and military compass of Galileo Galilei, the instrument is formed of two flat legs and a transverse arc bearing five sets of proportional scales, each dedicated to one of the elements of an architectural order: the arches, architraves, columns, bases, capitals and balusters of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionian, Corinthian and Composite orders. The success of the archisesto among the proportional instruments used by architects was decreed by British authors who, between 1723 and 1761, at the height of the neo-Palladian vogue, published translations and revisions of Bruti’s treatise in honour of the special interest of King George III in architecture and mathematical instruments. In Britain the instrument was known as the architectonic sector.
"The Archisesto compass is an instrument that is capable of producing perfect architectural curves, an intriguing function that continues to inspire and challenge our design capabilities at Archisesto Inc."
- Giacomo Ferrucci, President.
Image from the Science History Institute and Museum of Florence (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze).
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