Carlo Scarpa

Scarpa redesigned parts of Verona's Castelvecchio Museum from the late 1950s into the 1960s. He inserted modern concrete, steel, wood, and stone details into a medieval building without hiding the historical layers.

Scarpa treated joints, steps, hinges, water channels, and display supports as central design events. His work at places such as the Brion Cemetery shows an unusually precise handling of concrete, metal, mosaic, and light.

The Brion Cemetery, near Treviso, is a memorial complex designed for the Brion family beginning around 1970. It combines water, concrete, symbolic geometry, and carefully framed paths in one of Scarpa's most studied late works.

Scarpa studied and taught in Venice, and several of his important projects are in the Veneto region. His renovation of the Olivetti showroom in Piazza San Marco is a compact example of his material precision in a historic city.