Palazzo Rucellai on Via della Vigna Nuova in Florence is traditionally credited to Leon Battista Alberti for the facade, though this is debated. Bernardo Rossellino is credited with the interior remodeling, entry passage and courtyard. Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai is listed as main contractor. The infobox and the traditional view give 1446 to 1451, while Charles Mack in 1974 and others argue the facade was built after 1461.
The article calls the style Renaissance, using pilasters, entablatures and classical orders. The facade is stone veneer with channeled rustication. It gives no dimensions.
The facade was likely left unfinished, one bay short of the eight intended. Under Mack's theory, Medici devices were added after Bernardo Rucellai's 1461 betrothal to Nannina de' Medici. The article gives no current use, hours or ticket details.
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