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Nov 2021
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89 — Carlo Scarpa — 3/4 — Castelvecchio,...

Luke Jones & George Gingell Discuss Architecture, History And Culture
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The Castelvecchio Museum (1959-73) in Verona is an elaborate spatial narrative, weaving together historic structures and ingenious design elements to create a fragmentary and multi-layered story about the site, the city, and the objects contained in it. The project was Carlo Scarpa's largest and longest running, and we go through it at some length.

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