A journey throughout Italy in the wake of the armistice with her friend and colleague Carlo Pagani and the photographer Federico Patellani - who documented the devastation of the war - left a profound mark. The idea to found a new magazine may have been spawned earlier, during the war, driven by the desire of young and active thinkers to do something for the country, but it came to fruition in 1946, and was published by Gianni Mazzocchi, the editor of Domus. It lasted for just nine issues: A — Attualità, Architettura, Abitazione, Arte was the utopian vision of a small group of intellectuals. At the end of 1946, Lina moved to Brazil, where her career in architecture took shape, together with her professional and personal relationship with Pietro Maria Bardi.