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Carlo Scarpa
Anne-Catrin Schultz
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Description for Carlo Scarpa
Hardcover. Carlo Scarpa's layered architecture makes visible the process of becoming and the time-related sedimentation of material and meanings. This book examines Scarpa's fields of influence and intellectual roots and puts them in perspective with former theories and their interpretation of architecture as layered. Num Pages: 152 pages, 344 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 293 x 246 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1018.
In recent decades, Carlo Scarpa's relevance has been steadily on the rise. At a time when architects have to use existing city and building structures as a point of departure for their work, his oeuvre remains a source of inspiration. Buildings such as the Castelvecchio in Verona show us that architecture is capable of communicating its own history, has meaning, and develops a contemporary dynamic of its own. Scarpa's layered architecture makes visible the process of becoming and the time-related sedimentation of material and meanings. It is especially at points of transition and interface that layering becomes a narrative element ... Read more
In recent decades, Carlo Scarpa's relevance has been steadily on the rise. At a time when architects have to use existing city and building structures as a point of departure for their work, his oeuvre remains a source of inspiration. Buildings such as the Castelvecchio in Verona show us that architecture is capable of communicating its own history, has meaning, and develops a contemporary dynamic of its own. Scarpa's layered architecture makes visible the process of becoming and the time-related sedimentation of material and meanings. It is especially at points of transition and interface that layering becomes a narrative element ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783930698141
SKU
V9783930698141
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About Anne-Catrin Schultz
Anne-Catrin Schultz studied architecture in Stuttgart and Florence. Following post-doctoral research at the MIT in Boston, she worked for several years with Turnbull Griffin Haesloop and SOM in San Francisco. While developing her own practice, she has taught at the University of California in Berkeley, the California College of the Arts and the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco. ... Read more
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