Carlo Scarpa
The Complete Buildings
$137.47
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
21 May 2024
Summary
Featuring exquisite photographs of every structure the architect designed from scratch or incorporated into a historical building, this elegant volume is as sumptuous and inviting as a Scarpa interior. Although he was not widely known during his lifetime, Carlo Scarpa has in the past-half century become one of the most revered of modern architects. His passion for integrating the ancient with the modern, the natural with the built environment, and the sensual qualities of glass, wood and ston…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783791377148 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 3791377140 |
| Author: | Emiliano Bugatti, Cemal Emden, Dr Jane N. Erzen, Luigi Guzzardi |
| Publisher: | Prestel |
| Imprint: | Prestel |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 21 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 2.15kg |
Critics Review
“The perfect book for architecture enthusiasts” — Wallpaper
”..hefty new Prestel book with Cemal Emden’s luscious architectural photographs… Scarpa is too much to be always in fashion; too intense and individual to be copied; perhaps too particular to work outside Venice and its environs. But his work is truly engaged with history, material and form and, once seen, utterly unforgettable. He seems destined to remain a cult.” — Edwin Heathcote in APOLLO
Emiliano Bugatti
EMILIANO BUGATTI writes about architecture and urbanism, and in 2010, with the TEGET architectural firm in Istanbul, won the Izmir Opera house competition.
JALE N. ERZEN is an artist and art historian who has written on architecture for international publications including Architect Sinan: An Aesthetic Analysis.
CEMAL EMDEN is an architect specializing in photographing architecture, interior design, landscape and furniture.
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