Amedeo Lavini

Italian Amedeo Lavini earned an architecture degree in 1920 from the Politecnico di Torino. As a soldier he was decorated three times in World War I. Lavini worked in architecture mainly in Torino and Milano, designing many important works, including sports fields, churches, theaters, hospitals as well as residential buildings and offices; and also took charge of planning regulations.

The stadium in Torino, actually called Stadio di Corso Marsiglia, was the first completely reinforced concrete stadium in Italy and later became the first to be fitted with a flood-light system. The construction, which Lavini planned together with Piero Monateri (? -1952), a surveying engineer and manager of Juventus F.C., was started in 1921 and inaugurated the following year. The complex also included the club buildings of Juventus, a training ground and tennis courts. The stadium was expanded from initially 15,000 to up to 25,000 spectators. When the club had moved to the Stadio Mussolini, the facility was demolished in 1939. It is unclear why the stadium was referred to Juventus Olympic Stadium in the Official Report.