Totalitarian architecture

Totalitarian architecture refers to the type of architecture created by totalitarian regimes.[1] It is typically designed to be imposing and large in size to portray a sense of power, majesty and virility.[1]

Historical photograph of the New Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany.
Historical photograph of Red Army Theatre in Moscow, Russia. It is designed in the shape of the communist star.
Project of a "Temple of Heroes". by Arnaldo dell'Ira (1903–1943)

Its most notable exponents were Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union.

See also

References
  1. Dennis P. Doordan. Twentieth-century architecture. H.N. Abrams, 2002. p. 122.
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