1938/40 Ludovico Quaroni (1911/87), Francesco
Fariello (1910) and Saverio Muratori (1910/73)
as the site for museums that were never built
Built in
the same years as the other two buildings arranged symmetrically around the
square
The columns
in the galleries are made out of cipolin green marble
The
building at No. 22 is largely occupied by the ITALO-AMERICAN INSTITUTE as well
as by banks, shops and a restaurant
The
building at No. 24 is home to offices including the TAX REGISTER OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
“Together
with Saverio Muratori and especially with Ludovico Quaroni, Francesco Fariello
signed nearly all of those projects that became, in short, a benchmark for
comparison and discussion for the new generations of architects active in Rome
just before the Second World War. Major projects and, more importantly,
evidence, each one of them, of a not superficial attention to what was
happening in areas of high European culture, in Germany, Scandinavia, and that
would be at the center of academic debate for many years to come; the work of
Gropius, Asplund and Bonatz marks the stylistic hallmark of these years.
Projects, against which, not only the younger architects, but also different
and already established personalities as Arnaldo Foschini and Adalberto Libera
will have to deal, equip, modify critical and theoretical positions, otherwise
acquired” (Giorgio Muratore - archiwatch.wordpress.com)
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