The Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 Paris international expo designed by Lluis Sert and Joseph Luis Lacasa and the Nuevos Ministerios (Madrid) designed by Secundino Zuazo; Commissioned by the same government, represents a shift of communication of two very different traditions that are presented to the rest of the world. What does the shift in architectural style from traditional to modern mean for the Second Spanish Republic? How much of the architectural development and the overall image of Spanish architecture is dictated by the government of the Second Spanish Republic? Zuazo’s Nuevos Ministerios represents the past and everything the Second Spanish Republic represented, while the Spanish Pavilion represented a new approach to Spanish architecture. This research project will further develop the findings of others and shed new light on governmental involvement in the display of identity fitting of Spain.

The Second republican government’s involvement in the representation of an architectural identity has presented a shift in Spain’s image to the world, one of traditional preservation and another of 20^th century modernism. In order to approach this concept in its appropriate contexts, the use of primary and secondary sources, such as books, journals, and exerts. From historians such as: Stafford Katherine, Lilia Maure Rubio in her book; Secundino Zuazo Arquitecto, Carlos Flores, and Masterson Algar. Comparing and contrasting, proving and disproving, as well as agreeing or disagreeing with the evidence to support my argument.