Carlo Scarpa by Robert McCarter Phaidon Book

Description:

The work of Carlo Scarpa challenged -- and continues to challenge --accepted notions of modern architecture. While several books have been published on his work, none has approached the breadth and depth of this monograph by Robert McCarter, who is celebrated for his meticulously researched, experientially based and jargon-free accounts of key figures in modern architecture. This book is the definitive study of Scarpa's many accomplishments, including such works at the Canova Museum, the Castelvecchio Museum and the Brion Cemetery, among others.

The author

Robert McCarter is a practicing architect and has been Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis since 2007. He taught previously at the University of Florida, where he was Director of the School of Architecture from 19912001, and Columbia University, among other schools. He has written for numerous international publications, and his books include:Grafton Architects(2018);Marcel Breuer(2016);Steven Holl(2015);Alvar Aalto(2014);Carlo Scarpa(2013);Understanding Architecture, co-authored with Juhani Pallasmaa (2012); andLouis I Kahn(2005), all by Phaidon Press. He has also publishedThe Work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic(2017);The Space Within: Interior Experience as the Origin of Architecture(2016); andAldo van Eyck(2015), among other books.

Hardcover, 11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.,288 pages, 175 illustrations