Novocomum Apartment

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This is Terragni’s first completed works, and also Italy’s first use of modern architectural language. He used new materials, reinforced concrete and concrete, which is still controversial at the time. And he used traditional masonry material as a filler, in appearance to the cantilevered balcony to emphasize the level of building ,  in the corner of the two streets with a glass drum-like structure reflects the adjacent buildings.

The style that Terragni used in this building , caused a great response.  He stubbornly insisted on his set of aesthetic standards. Terragni, a fascist, participates in various architectural competitions for fascist office buildings and designs fascist exhibition halls, he continued to publish debates on a range of topics. It is clear from the writings of him that Terragni was a dedicated fascist and ran for the ideal and modernist architecture.

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