ABSTRACT
The modernisation of architecture in Italy during the Fascist period between 1922 and 1943 was mainly driven by its monumentalisation to scale. In this article, the ideological impact of the regime on the architectural production will be examined through the Fascist regulatory mechanisms that led to a reshaping of normative conditions of construction processes. Regulatory mechanisms, such as the 'structural monumentalisation', were applied to expand organizations through which the regime could institutionalise its power in professional networks. An ideological conformity of politics and professionals was thus not only striven for in the standardisation of construction technologies through which the regime intended to influence the building industry. Interventions, such as the establishment of new professional organisations and codes, were used to reshape Italy’s constructing conditions institutionally, that continued to influence the architectural production normatively even after the ideological change of power in 1943.
