Carlo Scarpa was a virtuoso of light, a master of detail, and a connoisseur of materials. Today he is known as a master of twentieth-century architecture.To mark the centenary of Scarpa's birth, his complete oeuvre are presented here for the first time. The 25o illustrations cover all 58 of his built works, including the Castelvecchio Museum in Verona, the Olivetti showroom in Piazza San Marco in Venice, and the Brion Tomb in San Vito d'Altivole (Treviso).
The book includes essays by leading architects and architectural critics, offering an extensive overview of Scarpa's life as well as interpretations of his architecture.
Carlo Scarpa: Architecture and Design
Fifty years of study for the catalogue
of Carlo Scarpa's works
(1955-2006)
Guido Beltramini
Carlo Scarpa in atlas form
Italo Zannier
The Architect of the Incalculable
Kurt W. Forster
Works
Ca' Foscari University. Restoration and Mario Baratto room, Venice
Pelizzari house, Venice
Capovilla tomb, Venice
Bellotto house, Venice
Accademia gallery, Venice
Sculpture garden, Venice
Ticket office and entrance. 26th Biennale, Venice
Museo Correr. Historic sections and picture gallery, Venice
Romanelli house, Udine
Palazzo Abatellis. Galleria regionale della Sicilia, Palermo
Venezuelan pavilion, Venice
The Uffizi gallery and the drawing and print room, Florence
Base for the sculpture of The Female Veneto Partisan
by Leoncillo Leonardi, Venice
Council chamber. Provincial administration building, Parma
Venice courthouse. Manlio Capitolo room, Venice
The Canova plaster cast gallery, Possagno
Veritti house, Udine
Church of San Giovanni Battista, Fiorenzuola
Church of Nostra Signora del Cadore, Corte di Cadore
Olivetti shop, Venice
Campsite at Fusina, Venice
Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona
Lazzari tomb, Quero
Zilio tomb, Udine
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice
Gavina shop, Bologna
Scatturin house and studio, Venice
Gallo house and studio, Vicenza
Museo Revohella, Trieste
Zenmer house, Zurich
Balboni house, Venice
Annex to De Benedetti-Bonaiuto house, Rome
Base for the sculpture of The Female Partisan
by Augusto Murer, Venice
Masieri memorial, Venice
Brion monumental complex, San Vito d'Altivole
Additions to the Villa I1 Palazzetto, Monselice
Luigi Marzoli weapons museum at the castle, Brescia
Banca Popolare di Verona, Verona
Commemorative stele for the second anniversary of the carnage
in Piazza della Loggia, Brescia
Apartment building, Vicenza
Ottolenghi house, Bardolino
Altar and floor of the Torresino church, Padua
Simoncini house, Bologna
Fragments
Bibliography
by Ilaria Abbondandolo and Laura Orsini