The Architecture of Carlo Scarpa: Recomposing Place, Intertwining Time Transforming Reality

Professor Robert McCarter lectures to the Fine Arts Society of Peoria on Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978), a unique figure among second-generation Modern architects, being at once deeply embedded in the archaic and anachronistic culture of Venice, and at the same time transforming this ancient place by weaving the most Modern of spatial conceptions into its material fabric. Scarpa stood in two worlds, the ancient and the modern, the particular historical place and the larger contemporary world, and through his work he forever joined those two worlds, constructing works that integrate, engage, and transform their place.
Dr. McCarter is a practicing architect, author, and the Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture at the Washington University in St. Louis. His architectural practice has constructed 25 works since 1982. He is the author of 23 books, including "Carlo Scarpa" (Phaidon, 2013; reissued 2021). McCarter was an International Exhibitor in the 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture and was named one of the “Ten Best Architecture Teachers in the US” in 2009.

[@AtelierWong]

What an awesome-facular presentation and interview by Kristan McKinsey. Having recently returned from Venezia, my appetite and appreciation of Carlo Scarpa's architecture has grown immensely since the first time I encountered it as a young student in 1986. I look forward to going through every page of Mr. McCarter's book when it arrives this weekend.

[@Albizabm2]

Thank you so much for this comprehensive description of Scarpa's work. Having recently visited the Brion Memorial, I was interested in learning more about this amazing architect, especially after learning that he had also created the museum at Castelvecchio in my hometown.

[@donaldthomson9411]

Really interesting . Some of Scarpa’s original designs seem to have been altered at the Academia though now, I think

[@eugeniorossi8750]

Superb Architect and superb Lecturer

[@NathanDoworld]

Thank you so much for your video. From Vietnam.

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