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