1. Futurist Architecture
Futurism
Futurist Architecture

2. Futurist Architecture is an early-20th century form of architecture born in Italy, characterized by anti-historicism, strong chromaticism, long dynamic lines, suggesting speed, motion, urgency and lyricism.

3. A cult of the machine age and even a glorification of war and violence were among the themes of the Futurists (several prominent futurists were killed after volunteering to fight in World War I). The latter group included the architect Antonio Sant'Elia, who, though building little, translated the futurist vision into an urban form.

4. Perspective drawing from La Città Nuova by Sant'Elia, 1914.

5. The Futurist architect Antonio Sant'Elia expressed his ideas of modernity in his drawings for La Città Nuova (The New City) (1912–1914). This project was never built and Sant'Elia was killed in the First World War, but his ideas influenced later generations of architects and artists.

6. La Città Nuova ~ Sant'Elia
(2 point perspective)

7. Futurist architects were sometimes at odds with the Fascist state's tendency towards Roman imperial-classical aesthetic patterns. Nevertheless, several Futurist buildings were built in the years 1920–1940, including public buildings such as railway stations, maritime resorts and post offices.

8. Learning Resource Center - Graduate Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University

9. LAX Los Angeles

10. Manchester Civil Justice Centre