Engineering School in Pisa: Pera & Severini (1937)
The Royal School of Engineering in Pisa, designed by Luigi Pera and Federigo Severini and completed in 1937, now serves as the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Pisa.
Architecture
Torre Littoria in Turin by Melis de Villa (1934)
The Torre Littoria, now known as Grattacielo Reale Mutua, is a residential tower in central Turin designed by Armando Melis de Villa and engineers Giovanni Bernocco and Giorgio Scanagatta. Completed in 1934, it was Europe’s tallest residential building for eighteen years.
Teatro Solvay in Rosignano Marittimo (1925)
A 1925 theatre built by the Solvay chemical company in Rosignano Marittimo, Tuscany, as part of a comprehensive welfare programme for factory workers and their families.
Stella Maris Colony in Pescara: Francesco Leoni
The former Stella Maris Colony in Pescara, designed by architect Francesco Leoni, was built in 1938–39. This Rationalist seaside facility represents interwar Italian institutional architecture.
Garbatella ICP Housing by Innocenzo Sabbatini (1928)
A residential building designed by architect Innocenzo Sabbatini for the Istituto Case Popolari in Rome’s Garbatella neighbourhood, completed in 1928.
Consorzio Agrario Grosseto: Umberto Tombari (1940)
The Palazzo del Consorzio agrario in Grosseto is a civic building designed by engineer Umberto Tombari and constructed between 1938 and 1940. It served the provincial agricultural cooperative on via Roma.
Michele Bianchi Monument by Ercole Drei (1932)
A monumental travertine column crowned with an iron cross stands on a hillside in Calabria. Sculptor Ercole Drei designed this funerary monument in the 1930s, its relief friezes documenting historical episodes.
Ospedale Civile Maggiore in Verona: Civic Hospital
The Ospedale Civile Maggiore in Verona’s Borgo Trento district is a university hospital that underwent significant restructuring to add a new surgical wing.
Stadio Littorio Corner Portal in Cuneo (1935)
A detail of one of the corner entrances to Stadio Littorio in Cuneo, designed and built in 1935. The stadium is now known as Stadio Fratelli Paschiero.