Architecture of Remembrance: The Monument to the Fallen in Teulada (Sardinia)

Sometimes architecture is discovered rather than sought out. During a stay in Teulada, a small town in southern Sardinia, I came across the local Monumento ai Caduti almost by accident. At first glance, it seemed to be one of those civic memorials that are so deeply embedded in the fabric of Italian towns that they …

CFP: New powers, old territories. Spatial strategies of appropriation in the European context

»New powers, old territories. Spatial strategies of appropriation in the European context«, Innsbruck 5-7 November 2020Call for PapersAs part of its research project »The Appropriation Strategies of Italy in South Tyrol and Trentino after the First World War«, the Unit of Architectural History and Monument Conservation (bg+d) at the University of Innsbruck is organizing a …

Published: Townscapes in Transition

Townscapes in Transition: Transformation and Reorganization of Italian Cities and Their Architecture in the Interwar PeriodISBN: 3837646602 How did urban Italy come to look the way it does today? This collection of essays assembles recent studies in architectural history and theory exploring the historical paradigms guiding architecture and landscape design between the world wars. The …