Vittoriano Viganò (1919–1996) was a major figure of post-war Italian architecture and one of the leading representatives of Brutalism in Italy. He graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in 1944 and began his career working with the BBPR studio before collaborating with Gio Ponti, serving as his assistant in interior architecture.

Viganò developed a body of work in which architecture, design, and social commitment were inseparable. His practice is distinguished by a powerful and expressive use of reinforced concrete, rigorous structural clarity, and a constant attention to the human dimension of space.

Among his most significant works are the Istituto Marchiondi Spagliardi in Milan (1957), a radical statement in socially engaged architecture, and the Faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano (1970–1985), which fully articulates his coherent Brutalist language.

Alongside his architectural work, Viganò collaborated with Arteluce, the lighting company founded by Gino Sarfatti, for whom he designed several luminaires. These pieces reflect, at the scale of the object, the same structural integrity and expressive tension that define his architecture.