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‘Minimum dwelling’ all'italiana: from the case popolari to the 1929 ‘model houses’ of Garbatella (2020)
Journal Article
Kallis. (2020). ‘Minimum dwelling’ all'italiana: from the case popolari to the 1929 ‘model houses’ of Garbatella. Journal of Urban History, 603-621. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144218821336

At the twelfth congress of the International Federation of Housing and Town Planning (IFHTP), held in Rome in September 1929, a set of thirteen “model” affordable houses situated in the garden suburb of Garbatella were presented to the delegates. Whi... Read More about ‘Minimum dwelling’ all'italiana: from the case popolari to the 1929 ‘model houses’ of Garbatella.

‘Minimum dwelling’ all'italiana: from the case popolari to the 1929 ‘model houses’ of Garbatella (2019)
Journal Article
Kallis. (in press). ‘Minimum dwelling’ all'italiana: from the case popolari to the 1929 ‘model houses’ of Garbatella. Journal of Urban History, 46(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144218821336

At the twelve congress of the International Federation of Housing and Town Planning (IFHTP), held in Rome in September 1929, a set of thirteen ‘model’ affordable houses situated in the garden suburb of Garbatella were presented to the delegates. Whil... Read More about ‘Minimum dwelling’ all'italiana: from the case popolari to the 1929 ‘model houses’ of Garbatella.

Futures made present: architecture, monument, and the battle for the 'third way' in Fascist Italy (2018)
Journal Article
Kallis. (2018). Futures made present: architecture, monument, and the battle for the 'third way' in Fascist Italy. Fascism, 45-79. https://doi.org/10.1163/22116257-00701004

During the late 1920s and 1930s, a group of Italian modernist architects, known as 'rationalists', launched an ambitious bid for convincing Mussolini that their brand of architectural modernism was best suited to become the official art of the Fascis... Read More about Futures made present: architecture, monument, and the battle for the 'third way' in Fascist Italy.

Business, politics and family ties three case studies: the Cerchi, Dell'antella and portinari of Florence 1260-1360
Thesis
Baggott, C. M. (1985). Business, politics and family ties three case studies: the Cerchi, Dell'antella and portinari of Florence 1260-1360

Despite the importance of the patrician family to the history of Florence, there have been few modern studies of any representative family or families in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the formulative period in the evolution of the commune,... Read More about Business, politics and family ties three case studies: the Cerchi, Dell'antella and portinari of Florence 1260-1360.