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carlo scarpa, architect: gipsoteca del canova, extension of the canova museum in possagno, italy 1955-1957. detail, corner skylight
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· gipsoteca del canova, canova plaster cast gallery extension, possagno 1955-57. architect: carlo scarpa 1906-1978 with v. pastor. detail: corner skylight, type two. the corner window of the early modernists changed our perception of space, took away solidity and gave us a certain sense of excitement instead. typically for his way of thinking, scarpa's corner window included a third dimension and opened up the roof as well. again, we see the concrete framing and the rendered / plastered walls…