Lamont Young (architect)

Lamont Young may also refer to Lamont H. Young, Australian geologist.

Lamont Young
Born	1851 Naples, Italy
Died	1929 (aged 77–78) Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Architect

One of the "castles" of Lamont Young in Naples.

Lamont Young (1851-1929) was an Italian architect and urban planner from the late 19th and early 20th century.^[1]

Young was born in Naples, Italy and all works and urban design associated with his name are found there. In architecture, he is primarily associated with having constructed a number of pseudo-Victorian castles in the city, the most prominent of which is on the Corso Vittorio Emanuele overlooking the Chiaia section of town.

In urban design, Young planned a mammoth rebuilding of the city of Naples in the 1880s, including the construction of an underground train line. Although the plan was initially approved, it eventually lost out to a competitor plan, known as the risanamento (lit. "making healthy again") a more drastic version of urban surgery than even Young had planned and the one that was, over a 30-year period, responsible for the rebuilding of Naples before World War I.

References

1. (Italian) Alisio, Giancarlo, Lamont Young. Utopia e realtà nell'urbanistica napoletana dell'Ottocento, 3ª ed., Rome, Officina Edizioni, 1993.