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1938 was a complex year in architectural history, with modernist masters continuing landmark projects in exile while totalitarian states in Europe and Asia commissioned monumental architecture as propaganda. The period captures the fraught relationship between architectural modernity and political power, offering critical insights into the social responsibilities of modernism in extreme political circumstances.
In 1938, at the behest of Mussolini’s fascist government, Giuseppe Terragni and Pietro Lingeri designed the Danteum, an unbuilt monument dedicated to the famed 14th-century Italian writer Dante Alighieri structured…
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In 1938, Walter Gropius completed his family residence in Lincoln, Massachusetts, which marked his first architectural commission in the United States after he began teaching at Harvard University’s Graduate School…
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