" The exhibition explores developments in architecture during the Second World War, analyzing the effects of the conflict on the built environment and on the discipline itself. It fills a yawning historical gap by examining the work and achievements of architects and designers active in the main countries involved in the war, and shows how the latter accelerated the processes of technological innovation and provoked a change in mentalities, leading after 1945 to the undisputed supremacy of modern architecture. "
Curator: Jean-Louis Cohen, architect and professor of the history of architecture and cities at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
