Curated Itinerary
EUR (E42) Rationalist Walk — Three Buildings of the Exposition Quarter
Three stops through the monumental core of EUR, the Rome quarter built for the universal exposition of 1942 that the […]
Three stops through the monumental core of EUR, the Rome quarter built for the universal exposition of 1942 that the war cancelled: from the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana to Minnucci’s Palazzo degli Uffici and Libera’s Palazzo dei Congressi. Read the full story in the dedicated article EUR, 1937–1954: Walking the Quarter of the Exposition That Never Opened, by Stefano Vigolo.
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Palazzo della Civilta Italiana
Italian Rationalism at its most theatrical scale: a travertine cube of 216 arches in Rome EUR, finished 1943 for an exposition that never opened. Architects Guerrini, La Padula, Romano. Fendi headquarters since 2015.
Palazzo degli Uffici (EUR) — Gaetano Minnucci and the First Building of the E42 Quarter
Palazzo degli Uffici, EUR, Rome — the main facade with its loggia and the inscription of the Universal Exhibition authority. […]
Palazzo dei Congressi — EUR by Adalberto Libera
Adalberto Libera’s winning entry for the 1937 EUR 42 competition is a 45-metre travertine cube wrapped around a single luminous void: an Italian rationalist…
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