Brion-Vega Cemetery, 1968-1978.

Castelvecchio Museum

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Carlo Scarpa (June 2, 1906 - 1978), was an Italian architect with a profound understanding of materials. Image File history File linksMetadata Image-Scarpa_BrionCemetery_exterior. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Image-Scarpa_BrionCemetery_exterior. ... Brion-Vega Cemetery, 1970-72 Brion-Vega Cemetery, 1970-72 The Brion-Vega Cemetery is in San Vito dAltivole near Treviso, Italy. ... Image File history File links Scarpa_window. ... Image File history File links Scarpa_window. ... Installation art by architect Peter Eisenman in the courtyard of Castelvecchio Museum Castelvecchio (old castle) was built from 1354-1356 as a fortification against threats from outside of Verona, and from insurgents within. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An Architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...

He was born in Venice. Scarpa spent his early childhood in Vicenza. After his mother's death, at the age of 13, he, his father and brother moved back to Venice. Carlo attended the Academy of Fine Arts where, after two years, he focused on architectural studies. Graduating from a non-professional program, although he apprenticed with an architect, he was not permitted to practice architecture without associating with an architect. Hence, those who worked with him, his clients, associates, craftspersons, called him "Professore," rather than "architetto." His architecture is deeply sensitive to the changes of time, from seasons to history, rooted in a sensuous material imagination and has been widely praised from Tadao Ando to Mario Botta. Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) is the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... The famous Church of the Light in Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, Japan The Westin Awaji Island designed by Ando Tadao Ando (安藤忠雄, Andō Tadao, born September 13, 1941 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese architect whose approach to architecture is sometimes categorised as Critical Regionalism. ... Mario Botta (born April 1, 1943) is a famous modern architect born in Mendrisio, Ticino canton, Switzerland. ...

In 1978, while in Sendai, Japan, Scarpa died after falling down a flight of concrete stairs. He survived for ten days in hospital before succcumbing to the injuries of his fall. Sendai ) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku (northeast) region. ...

Notable works

• Gallerie dell'Accademia
• Central Pavilion in the Giardini at the Venice Biennale
• Palazzo Ca'Foscari, Venice, 1935 - 1956
• Venezuela-Pavillion, Biennale, Venice, Italy, 1954 - 1956
• Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy, 1956 - 1964
• Showroom of Olivetti, St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy, 1957 - 1958
• Pinacoteca querini stampalia, Venice, 1961-1963
• Brion-Vega Cemetery, at San Vito d'Altivole, Italy, 1969 - 1978
• Banca Popolare, Verona, Italy, 1973

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References

• Francesco Dal Co; Giuseppe Mazzariol (2002) Carlo Scarpa : The Complete Works. Rizzoli, (Paperback)
• M. A. Crippa, (1986). Carlo Scarpa, Theory, Design, Projects. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

External links

• Digital Archive of Carlo Scarpa
• Biography