Carlo Scarpa Theory, Design, Projects

Name: Carlo Scarpa Theory, Design, Projects
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ISBN: 9780262031172

ISBN-10: 0262031175

ISBN-13: 9780262031172

Edition: 1986

Authors: Maria A. Crippa, Joseph Rykwert

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Carlo Scarpa (1902-1978) belongs to the generation of Italian architects working in a period when political conditions placed severe restrictions on architectural expression. Yet Scarpa's achievements surpassed anything else being done in Italy between the wars and exemplified the best work done in the "Rationalist" tradition. This book considers the full spectrum of Scarpa's work, concentrating especially on his museum projects. It closely follows Scarpa's complex, multidimensional personality, covering the vicissitudes of his career, his ideas and their relationship to those of the modern masters, his cultural milieu, and his unique architectural contribution, which is imbued with a…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/21/1986
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 262
Size: 2.00" wide x 3.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Maria Antonietta Crippa is currently professor "straordinario" of History of Architecture at the Politecnico University in Milan, at the DiAP (Department of Architecture and Planning of the School of Architecture). Since the early 1980s, she has published widely on architecture and town planning.

Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.