Carmen M. Enss & Luigi Monzo 
Townscapes in Transition [PDF ebook] 
Transformation and Reorganization of Italian Cities and Their Architecture in the Interwar Period

How did urban Italy come to look the way it does today? This collection of essays assembles recent studies in architectural history and theory exploring the historical paradigms guiding architecture and landscape design between the world wars. The authors explore physical changes in townscapes and landscapes, covering a wide range of architectural designs from strict modernist solutions to variations of regionalism, mediterraneanism and national style from all over Italy. Specifically, the volume explains how conservation, restoration and town planning for historic areas led to the production of heritage, and elucidates the role played by architects like Marcello Piacentini, Innocenzo Sabbatini, Mario De Renzi and Giulio Ulisse Arata.

About the author

Carmen M. Enss (Ph D) is an architectural historian and researcher on urban conservation at the University of Bamberg. She leads the research network Urban Meta Mapping, which investigates the mapping and transformation of European cities between 1939 and 1949.
Luigi Monzo (Ph D) works as an architect in Germany. From 2017 to 2020 he taught architectural history and design at the University of Innsbruck, currently he teaches at the University of Biberach. His research addresses the intersections between architectural culture, design process, and political structures in totalitarian regimes, with a particular focus on architecture and urban planning in fascist Italy.