The Architectural Review, October 1st, 1999
'Intervening with History', the first major North American exhibition of Scarpa's work currently at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, explores the idea of architecture as a record of cultural continuity.
The work of Carlo Scarpa, deeply rooted in the craft tradition and redolent of the particular qualities of Venice, must be regarded as something of an anomaly in the culture of computerization and globalization which dominates current architectural discourse. Yet, far from marginalizing the work, Scarpa's idiosyncrasy continues to inspire architects who, in their own culture...
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