Albini began his professional career at the studio of Gio Ponti and Emilio Lancia, it was during his time at the Ponti and Lancia studio when Albini had the opportunity to meet many of the notable architects of the time. But it was probably his meetings with the critic, essayist, and designer Edoardo Persico, the Napolitan editor of Casabella magazine, that had the greatest influence on him and persuaded him to turn toward Rationalist architecture.