A new museum devoted to Gio Ponti, a maestro of twentieth-century Italian design and architecture, will open in Milan by the end of 2026 as part of the Adi Design Museum. The name of Gio Ponti (1891–1979) immediately evokes, in the common imagination, that of his city. The architect, who was born and raised in Milan, established his studio and produced masterpieces in ceramics, words and images, design, and architecture. His most notable work was the Pirelli Tower (1956-60), which was constructed in collaboration with Pier Luigi Nervi and is one of the city's symbols. Designed in 1950 and inaugurated in 1960, the tower rapidly distinguished itself as a new presence on the Milanese skyline: slim and bright, free from colossal rhetoric and closer to a notion of civil elegance. At 127 meters, it was one of the tallest reinforced concrete structures in the world, and Ponti envisioned it as a lightweight body that was constantly in contact with the city and its inhabitants, illuminated by light.