Gianluigi Ghò, nicknamed Gigi, was born in Milan on 19 of December 1915. He is introduced to construction studies by his father, who at the time was very active in the sector. He studied at the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he graduated in Civil Engineering in 1940. During the same year he was called up to join the Army, from which he was discharged in 1944. Back in Milan, he began his professional career at the practice of Gio Ponti, with whom he developed a enduring friendship. In 1946 he set up his own practice, which he soon moved to via San Marco 33, in a building designed by himself for the Società Torcitura Borgomanero. In 1948 he obtained a degree in Architecture, his second from the Polytechnic University of Milan.
During his career his works and his extremely modern approach were often mentioned in specialist books and magazines: Pietro Bottoni, in his note “Antologia di Edifici Moderni in Milano” published in 1954, mentions both the buildings in Via Solferino and San Marco 33. Giò Ponti publishes photographs and articles on the developments of Via Sant'Antonio Maria Zaccaria 3, Piazza della Repubblica 12, and via Legnano 4-6-8 in his magazine Domus and also in his book “Milano Oggi. Other monographs such as the ones edited by Roberto Aloi, Carlo Perogalli and Agnoldomenico Pica, released a few years afterwards and dedicated to modern architecture in Milan, mention his architectural works. During the 1950s, in the traces from the ‘Arte Concreta’ movement which pushed for a collaboration among artist and architects in a ‘synthesis of Arts’, Gigi worked together with high caliber figures like Lucio Fontana and Fausto Melotti – nowadays considered among the most important Italian artists of that period – whose works of art adorn the atrium of the edifice in via Sant’Antonio Maria Zaccaria 3.​
Researches, professionals, and academics continue to show interest for the work of Gigi Ghò often cited in relation to Italian Rationalism. His buildings are highlighted in main monographic studies of Milanese Architecture from the twentieth century. To list a few; “Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna” by M. Grandi, A. Pracchi, Zanichelli, Bologna 1980; “Milano Contemporanea” by M. Boriani C. Morandi, A. Rossari, Designers riuniti, Torino 1986; “Milano Moderna” by F. Irace, Federico Motta, Milano 1996; “Milano. Un secolo di architettura milanese dal Cordusio alla Bicocca” by G. Gramigna, S. Mazza, Hoepli, Milano 2001. Finally, the bestseller dedicated to Milanese atriums: “Ingressi di Milano / Entryways of Milan”, published by Taschen in 2017 in which his work is presented together with famous works by Ponti, Muzio, Caccia Dominioni, Portaluppi, and other important names from the Milanese school.​
His most well-known architectural works outside Lombardy are the Società Elettrica Sarda (Sardinian Electrical Society), 1957-1961, Cagliari –adorned with an artwork from the Sardinian artist Eugenio Tavolara; the Istituto San Marco, known as Accademia della Guardia di Finanza (1960-1972, Bergamo), and the ex-Stabilimento Kodak (1975, Marcianise – the former Kodak factory). Before his death on the 23rd of June 1998, a selection of his works was published in a book edited by Jolanda Ventura entitled “Gigi Ghò, progetti e architetture 1950-1995”. This book is currently the only complete collection of his professional activity.
Bibliography:

Monographs:
A Gigi Gho gli auguri del Gio, [s.e.], [s.d.]
Piero Bottoni, Antologia di edifici moderni in Milano, Editoriale Domus, Milano 1954
AA.VV., Milano oggi / Milan today, Edizioni Milano Moderna, Milano 1957
Roberto Aloi, Nuove architetture a Milano, Hoepli, Milano 1959
Carlo Perogalli, Atrii di case, Gorlich, Milano 1959
Agnoldomenico Pica, Architettura italiana ultima, Edizioni del Milione, Milano 1959
Agnoldomenico Pica (a cura di), Architettura moderna in Milano, Ariminum, Milano 1964
Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi, Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna, Zanichelli, Bologna 1980
Maurizio Boriani, Corinna Morandi, Augusto Rossari, Milano contemporanea. Itinerari di architettura e urbanistica, Designers riuniti, Torino 1986
Paolo Campiglio (a cura di), Itinerari di Lucio Fontana a Milano e dintorni, Charta, Milano 1996 
Fulvio Irace, Milano Moderna. Architettura e città nell'epoca della ricostruzione, Federico Motta, Milano 1996
Jolanda Ventura (a cura di), Gigi Gho': progetti e architetture 1950-1995, [s.e.], 1997
Giuliana Gramigna, Sergio Mazza, Milano. Un secolo di architettura milanese dal Cordusio alla Bicocca, Hoepli, Milano 2001
Maria Vittoria Capitanucci, Il professionismo colto nel dopoguerra, Abitare, Milano 2012
Marco Biraghi, Gabriella Lo Ricco, Silvia Micheli (a cura di), Guida all'architettura di Milano 1954-2015, Hoepli, Milano 2013
Luigi Coppola, Alessandra Buoso, Il restauro dell'architettura moderna in cemento armato, Hoepli, Milano 2015
Karl Kolbitz (a cura di), Entryways of Milan / Ingressi di Milano, Taschen, Berlin 2017
Sara Fontana (a cura di), Trappolando, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2017
Pietro Ricca, Alessandra Testa, Eleonora Zorzi, Milano. Architettura e paesaggio 1920-2016, Supernova, Venezia 2017
Lorenzo Degli Esposti (a cura di), Milano Capitale del Moderno, Actar Publishers, Barcellona 2017

Magazines:
“Domus”, n.270, 1952
“Domus”, n.282, 1953
“Domus”, n.285, 1953
“Domus”, n.289, 1953
“Edilizia Moderna”, n.51, 1953
“Vitrum”, n.48, 1953
“Domus”, n.313, 1955
“Domus”, n.314, 1955
“Costruzioni”, n.29, 1956
“Architettura e cantiere”, n.12, 1957
“Casa e turismo”, n.14, 1957
“Domus”, n.327, 1957
“Casa e turismo”, n.17, 1958
“Corriere della Sera”, 31 dicembre 1958
“Domus”, n.342, 1958
“Domus”, n.348, 1958
“Nuestra Arquitectura”, n.360, 1959
“Vitrum”, n.108, 1959
“Casabella”, n.253, 1961
“Edilizia Moderna”, n.74, 1961
“L'ingegnere libero professionista”, n.10, 1961
“L'ingegnere libero professionista”, n.10, 1964
“Vitrum”, Quaderni: gli ingressi, n.6, 1964 
“Unsere Werk”, n.2, 1973
“Domus”, n.560, 1976
“L'industria delle costruzioni”, n.61, 1976
“L'industria delle costruzioni”, n.66, 1977
“L'industria delle costruzioni”, n.71, 1977
“L'industria delle costruzioni”, n.84, 1978
“Industria italiana del cemento”, n.4, 1978
“Deutsche Bauzeitung”, n.4, 1979
“Industria italiana del cemento”, n.596, 1986
“Bell'Italia”, n.79, 1992
“Casa e Giardino”, n.246, 1996
“AL”, n.5, 2004

Webography:
L'architettura in Lombardia dal 1945 ad oggi
[progetto di catalogazione promosso dal Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo e da Regione Lombardia]
Itinerari di architettura milanese: l'architettura moderna come descrizione della città
[progetto dedicato all'architettura moderna milanese dell'Ordine degli Architetti PPC della Provincia di Milano, a cura della sua Fondazione]:
Gigi Gho' (on the right) with Gio Ponti
Cesare Gho' (1891-1968)
In 1918, Gigi’s father Cesare founded the Cesare Ghò & Co construction company which operated for over 30 years. He was honored with various awards such as the title of Cavaliere della Repubblica, the silver medal of the city of  Milano in 1955 and a golden medal in 1957. After enrolling in the Albo dei Periti Industriali in 1935, he became at first Counsellor Secretary of the Collegio Costruttori Edili di Milano (Construction Association of Milan), and later, between 1950 and 1960, President of the Consiglio Direttivo del Collegio dei Periti Industriali Edili di Lombardia (the governing body of the Construction Association in Lombardy). In addition he held other high profile appointments such as Counsellor Secretary of the Federazione Nazionale dei Costruttori Edili in Rome, he was also a member of the Commissione Distrettuale per le Imposte Dirette e Indirette sugli Affari (1945-1961), and a representative of Periti Industriali Edili nella Commissione Edilizia del Comune di Milano (1953-1955).
Luigi Gho' (1857-1937)
Gigi’s grandfather  Luigi was born in 1857 in Alessandria. He became passionate about the art of drawing while attending schools and academies in Pavia, Milan and Turin. He obtained a degree in Architecture and Engineering in 1885 in Milan, and in 1893, a Professorship in drawing which started his career in teaching. His 1889 publication “Metodo elementare preparatorio per gli insegnanti di disegno e ornato” was adopted as a text book by various school committees in Italy including Milan. A well-respected teacher, Luigi was recognized for his drawing mastery which he was able to exercise with both hands, sometimes by using them simultaneously. He realized numerous architectural works, among which stands out the “Casa degli artisti” (1909-1911) in via Tommaso da Cazzaniga in Milan, which was refurbished between 2015 and 2017. This building is famous for being one of the first reinforced concrete projects built in Italy.