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there is a set of stairs in the house

NeGOZiO OLiVETTi PiAZZA SA MARCO VENEZiA CARLO SCARPA . Negozio Olivetti (Piazza San Marco 101) The Olivetti showroom in the old Procuratie building on the Piazza San Marco was transformed by Carlo Scarpa in 1957 and 1958. He changed the long, dark alley into a light, comfortable place. He added windows, created transparencies in the interior and used artificial lighting and glass tiled floors to reflect the light. The marble staircase in the back of the showroom is a real eye catcher. You…

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a long hallway with red and white tiles on the floor next to some stairs that lead up to two sets of stairs

NeGOZiO OLiVETTi PiAZZA SA MARCO VENEZiA CARLO SCARPA . Negozio Olivetti (Piazza San Marco 101) The Olivetti showroom in the old Procuratie building on the Piazza San Marco was transformed by Carlo Scarpa in 1957 and 1958. He changed the long, dark alley into a light, comfortable place. He added windows, created transparencies in the interior and used artificial lighting and glass tiled floors to reflect the light. The marble staircase in the back of the showroom is a real eye catcher. You…

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a blue machine sitting on the ground in front of some white stairs and a set of steps

I have been procrastinating. I've been meaning to write about architect Carlo Scarpa for a long time now, but I’ve been finding him an especially challenging subject. Austere yet ornate, ancient yet modern, whimsical yet serious, his architecture is more than just form and structure: it possesses an intangible primal quality that, to me, harks back to Roman antiquity. A lyrical modernist, Scarpa’s approach is “rooted in sensuous material imagination.” Throughout his career, he maintained a…

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