EUR: Palazzo dei Ricevimenti e Congressi (Rome, Italy) : The south elevation

Creator:

Libera, Adalberto, 1903-1963

Published/Created:

Rome, Lazio, Italy
1937-1940

Date Depicted:

5/15/1997
1900 AD - 1949 AD

Materials:

marble
wood

Notes:

Two buildings of the late 1930s are considered to be Libera's masterpieces. One is the Villa Malaparte, built for Curzio Malaparte on the island of Capri in 1938, an enigmatic design of a block of a house-cum-stair. The second is the winning competition entry for the Palazzo de Ricevimenti e Congressi (Palazzo delle Esposizioni; 1937-1940) in the Città Giardino EUR outside Rome. This building is possibly the finest example of a great interior space in the architecture of 20th-century Italy and is considerably larger than Giuseppe Terragni's interior atrium in the Casa del Fascio (now Casa del Popolo) in Como. The building also portrays the problems of a Fascist and a Modernist architecture. The rear façade is composed of a great curtain wall, braced by elegant vertical bow-trusses, covered by a wide overhanging concrete slab, while at the front vaguely Doric columns support the slab, thus presenting a 'Roman' face to the city.

Variant Titles:

Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Palazzo dei Congressi

Topics:

Architecture -- Italy -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Modern
Modernist
Novecento italiano

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

1A3-FA-EUR-3-A5

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
exhibition buildings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Esposizione universale di Roma (1942 : Rome, Italy); Fascism construction buildings; exhibition buildings

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module Two

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/15/1997

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10168993

PID:

digcoll:1792862