The postwar period in Milan was a time in which the transformational
possibilities of the Lombard metropolis were palpable. Architects looked
to the future in planning an ideal city onto a pre-existing one heavily
damaged in World War II. In doing so, they looked back to the relatively
young tradition of modern architecture in Italy, while simultaneously
re-ordering its narratives. Concentrating on three major elements of the
new city, skyscrapers, housing, and city planning, this book approaches
Milan as an ideal city of the postwar period through architecture, film,
and print media.