Innocenzo Sabbatini and the Construction of Modern Rome
Lorenzo Ciccarelli
Abstract
Innocenzo Sabbatini (1891-1983) was one of the most talented architects employed in the Projects Office of the Istituto Case Popolari di Roma during the 1920s. With reference to some of his innovative buildings - the public bats, the cinema-theater and the suburban hostels at Garbatella, and the Casa del Sole - this paper analyses Sabbatini's attempt to build a modern Rome, using a vocabulary balanced between the ventures of the international avant-gardes and the still-persuasive expressions of ancient, Renaissance and Baroque Rome.
Ciccarelli, L. “Innocenzo Sabbatini and the Construction of Modern Rome.” In Townscape in Transition. Transformation and Reorganization of Italian Cities and Their Architecture in the Interwar Period. Edited by C. Enns and L. Monzo, 247-260. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2019. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-4660-3/townscapes-in-transition/
