Gruppo 7 was a group of Italian architects who wanted to reform architecture by the adoption of

Rationalism In philosophy, rationalism is the Epistemology, epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "the position that reason has precedence over other ways of acquiring knowledge", often in contrast to ot ...

. It was formed in 1926 by , , ,

Gino Pollini Gino Pollini (19 January 1903 in Rovereto – 25 January 1991 in Milan) was an Italian architect. Life Gino Pollini was born in Rovereto on January 19, 1903, to Luigi Pollini, a shopkeeper, and Teresa Miori Pollini. At the time of Pollin ...

, ,

Giuseppe Terragni Giuseppe Terragni (; 18 April 1904 – 19 July 1943) was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism. His most famous work is the ...

and , replaced the following year by

Adalberto Libera Adalberto Libera (; 16 July 1903 – 17 March 1963) was one of the most representative architects of the Italian modern and contemporary architecture, Italian Modern movement.Adalberto Libera at DARC (Dept. of Architecture and Contemporary Art, ...

. Gruppo 7 declared that intent was to strike a middle ground between the classicism and the industrially-inspired architecture.

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