Giovannoni e la ribalta internazionale della Riforma Gentile. L'Italia al Congresso sull'Educazione Architettonica del RIBA (Londra, 1924)

Among the various episodes in which Giovannoni was one of the most important figures taking part in the debate on the architect’s formation, the First International Congress on Architectural Education, organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) in London in 1924, represented the first opportunity for Italy to show its new architectural teaching methods, structured according to the Gentile Reform, which was introduced in June 1923. In response to the limited participation, originally planned for the Italian nation, Giovannoni and the Associazione Artistica fra i Cultori di Architettura officially opposed the Riba in order to obtain a better treatment for their country, involving the Ministry of Public Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Embassy in London. Italy eventually obtained the expected recognition and was invited to take part in the congress with its own delegates, whose reports on the national architectural teaching system were written by Giovannoni himself.