page_title: Philip Tortell
hierarchical_section_title: Philip Tortell
caption_attribution_description: English: Villa Madama
context_page_description: Philip Tortell or Filippo Tortell was a Maltese architect.
  Tortell built three private residences for wealthy Dr Filippo Nicolò Buttigieg, a Maltese lawyer with extensive travel experience to Europe: in Main Street, Balzan; in Tigné Street, Sliema; and Villa Madama, Attard. According to Mark G. Muscat, "Villa Madama shows clear indication of similarities to Frank Lloyd Wright's motifs, particularly in the interior. On the other hand, the house in Tigné Street is reminiscent of the style of Louis Sullivan's handling of façade decoration".
  According to Edward Said, Tortell "designed buildings on corner of St. Anthony Street and Tigne’ Street without any floral motifs. It has been suggested that he drew inspiration from contemporary American star architect Frank Lloyd Wright"
  The ‘Maronna’, ‘Licinia’ and ‘Lavinia’ houses in Qui-Si-Sana, Sliema are also of Tortell's design, "of a unique type of Art Deco architecture designed by Filippo Tortell in the early 1930s". Their Italian-sounding names are deemed to have been in defiance to British colonial authorities.
  Tortell also authored the Parish Church of St. Ubaldesca in Paola, Malta.
context_section_description: Philip Tortell or Filippo Tortell was a Maltese architect. 
  Tortell built three private residences for wealthy Dr Filippo Nicolò Buttigieg, a Maltese lawyer with extensive travel experience to Europe: in Main Street, Balzan; in Tigné Street, Sliema (signed by Giuseppe Psaila); and Villa Madama, Attard (1925). According to Mark G. Muscat, "Villa Madama shows clear indication of similarities to Frank Lloyd Wright's motifs, particularly in the interior. On the other hand, the house in Tigné Street is reminiscent of the style of Louis Sullivan's handling of façade decoration".
  According to Edward Said, Tortell "designed buildings on corner of St. Anthony Street and Tigne’ Street without any floral motifs. It has been suggested that he drew inspiration from contemporary American star architect Frank Lloyd Wright"
  The ‘Maronna’, ‘Licinia’ and ‘Lavinia’ houses in Qui-Si-Sana, Sliema are also of Tortell's design, "of a unique type of Art Deco architecture designed by Filippo Tortell in the early 1930s". Their Italian-sounding names are deemed to have been in defiance to British colonial authorities.
  Tortell also authored the Parish Church of St. Ubaldesca in Paola, Malta.
caption: Villa Madama, Attard (detail)
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