Carlo Scarpa and Carlo Maschietto: Expressive Forms and Structural Forces

By Christina McCoy and Anne-Catrin Schultz

Carlo Scarpa and Carlo Maschietto represent a remarkable dialogue between visionary architecture and structural intuition. Scarpa was renowned for his poetic approach to spatial composition, materials, craftsmanship and detail. Maschietto was a long-time collaborator of Scarpa; he was a master engineer whose technical precision and creativity helped translate Scarpa's complex designs into a built reality. In five chapters and based on several of Scarpa's key buildings, the book investigates different approaches to structural design and its formal expression. The authors - an architect and an engineer - mirror the cooperation of Scarpa and Maschietto.

Architectural-structural analysis of four of Scarpa's signature works: Castelvecchio, the Ottolenghi residence, Venezuela Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and Brion MemorialAttractive photography and rarely published drawingsScarpa was one of the most influential Italian architects of the 20th century

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3035629323
• ISBN13: 9783035629323
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 256 Pages