Grand Tour in Reverse: Marcello Piacentini’s Tour of Germany in 1930 and 1931

This article examines the impact of German architecture and urban planning upon the work of Marcello Piacentini (1881–1960), one of the most influential Italian architects of his time. Research contextualising his travels within his broad oeuvre of the early 1930s reveals how Piacentini took on the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christine Beese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2016-10-01
Series:Architectural Histories
Online Access:http://journal.eahn.org/articles/197