{"id":14467,"date":"2021-12-13T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italics.art\/?post_type=tip&#038;p=14467"},"modified":"2023-04-03T19:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T17:09:25","slug":"manifattura-tabacchi-a-jewel-of-1930s-architecture","status":"publish","type":"tip","link":"https:\/\/italics.art\/en\/tip\/manifattura-tabacchi-a-jewel-of-1930s-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Manifattura Tabacchi: a jewel of 1930s architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the arrival of autumn, we inaugurated our new premises in Florence. After four years of planning, we had decided to change location and move to a bigger space. After some initial uncertainty, our final choice fell on a space in the Manifattura Tabacchi architectural complex, an area undergoing intense redevelopment in the north of Florence, near the Cascine Park.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Foto_volo_aereo_Manifattura_Tabacchi_Laura-Viviani-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Foto_volo_aereo_Manifattura_Tabacchi_Laura-Viviani-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Foto_volo_aereo_Manifattura_Tabacchi_Laura-Viviani-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Foto_volo_aereo_Manifattura_Tabacchi_Laura-Viviani-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Foto_volo_aereo_Manifattura_Tabacchi_Laura-Viviani-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence. Photo: Laura Viviani <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Manifattura Tabacchi (formerly a cigar factory) is a perfect example of rationalist architecture, composed of sixteen buildings, covering a total area of 100,000 square meters. The project, strongly backed by the Monopolio di Stato (Italian Tabacco Monopoly), was entrusted to the architects Giovanni Bartoli and Pier Luigi Nervi, who began construction in 1933. Also part of the original complex, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teatropuccini.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teatro Puccini<\/a> is easily identifiable by its glass tower, similar to the \u201cTower of Marathon\u201d of the Stadio Artemio Franchi, a sports stadium also designed by Nervi.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Teatro_puccini_11-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14421\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Teatro_puccini_11-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Teatro_puccini_11-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Teatro_puccini_11-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Teatro_puccini_11-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teatro <meta charset=\"utf-8\">Puccini, Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today, part of the Manifattura Tabacchi complex has been restored and returned to the city of Florence, becoming a meeting place for lovers of art and design, a lively and active <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manifatturatabacchi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multicultural complex<\/a> just outside the center of the Tuscan capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the arrival of autumn, we inaugurated our new premises in Florence. 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