ABSTRACT
The diffusion of reinforced concrete in the early y ears of the twentieth century opened new boundaries and horizons to the art of building and to architecture in broad sense. In Europe, the new technique had developed very rapidly thanks to the contribution of a few enlightened pioneers, builders, designers and researchers such as, am ong others, Wayss and Koenen in Germ any, Ritter and Mörsch in Switzerland, Hennebi que, Coignet, de Tedesco and Considère in France, Guidi and Canevazzi in Italy. Since these early beginnings, scientific and technical progress was accom panied by a m ore or less conscious search for artistic results in the new constructions.
