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42: 205:. The building was intended to be part of a wider effort to create the image of an "Imperial Madrid". Nonetheless the delusions of grandeur vis-à-vis the so-called "Imperial Cornice" caught up with reality and the scarcity during the Post-War and most of the individual projects ended up either filed, unfinished or mutilated, with the single clear success being precisely the Ministry of the Air. 417: 364: 427: 422: 396: 158:'s victory and after the requirement of a smallholding for the construction of the Ministry of the Air Force's headquarters in 1939 filed by 212:) took place on 10 December 1943. Although building works did not fully end until 1958, parts of the building were already in use in 1954. 432: 359: 389:
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to study buildings with a similar purpose, elaborating an initial draft reminiscent of
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elements, and ultimately, pandering to the imperial historicism sought by the
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Buildings and structures in Argüelles neighborhood, Madrid
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Index

Ministry of the Air

Argüelles
Madrid
Spain
Luis Gutiérrez Soto
institution
Madrid
Spanish Civil War
Francoist faction
Juan Vigón
Modelo Prison
Luis Gutiérrez Soto
Rome
Berlin
Paul Ludwig Troost
Albert Speer
neoclassicist
Francoist regime
herrerian
El Escorial
Huarte y Compañía
"Premios Ejército del Aire y del Espacio 2022"
Portela Sandoval 2002
Portela Sandoval 2002
Portela Sandoval 2002
"El Madrid de Franco"
El País
Box 2012
Portela Sandoval 2002

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