Carlo Scarpa (Venice, 1906 – Sendai, 1978) established a unique position within twentieth-century Italian architecture through his command of detail, profound understanding of materials and distinctive approach to working with existing buildings. In his museums, shops, gardens and funerary architecture, design often emerges from the point of contact between different elements: stone and metal, plaster …
Some buildings are recognisable even before we know who designed them. In the case of Santiago Calatrava, a few elements are often enough: a sequence of white ribs, a taut arch, a roof that seems to unfold like a wing, a structure capable of suggesting movement even when completely still. This immediate visual identity, combined …
Some approach architecture as a field of research, others focus on the regeneration of places and communities; some explore new ways of living, while others develop their architectural language through materiality, memory and landscape. In recent years, a new generation of practices has emerged, helping to redefine the landscape of contemporary Italian architecture through thoughtful, …
Lecce is a city where architecture seems to emerge directly from the light. A warm, ever-changing light, capable of penetrating stone and returning it different every time: golden in the morning hours, almost white under the harsh sun, softer and pinkish at sunset. Here, matter is not merely a structural element, but becomes memory, language, …
