Casa del Fascio

Giuseppe Terragni was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern architecture movement under the moniker of Rationalism. In this post we briefly explore his most famous work the Casa del Fascio ‘house of the fascists’ located in Como, Italy. The Casa del Fascio was begun in 1932 and completed in 1936

 Ground floor plan of the Casa del Fascio

 

Street view of the Casa del Fascio

Interior view of the main hall, Casa del Fascio

Interior view of the main hall, Casa del Fascio

Interior view of the main hall, Casa del Fascio

In his final designs, Terragni achieved a more distinctive Mediterranean character through the fusion of modern theory and tradition. Terragni died of tuberculosis in Como in 1943.

Cartoon

Cartoon from the Leonardo e Raffaello, per esempio 'Leonardo and Raphael for example' exhibit on display at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi

Space

“All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.”

Philip Johnson