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  • May 25, 2000 at 7:01 pm #714474
    john white
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    Olivetti building in Venice?

    I looked again 3 weeks ago on my Honeymoon – still no sign of it Daniel. Are you sure it’s there?

    John

    May 26, 2000 at 2:58 pm #714475
    daniel
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    http://www.skewarch.com/architects/scarpa/olivet1.jpg

    the building does exist, although is now an art gallery. It used be a showrrom for Olivetti. It is located on St. Mark’s Square.
    Try the skewarch site for more info on Scarpa.

    May 26, 2000 at 5:53 pm #714476
    Anonymous
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    That looks interesting!
    But you mean actually ON the square?
    Behind the Basilica? Opposite or at the sides?

    Ta
    John

    June 1, 2000 at 2:26 pm #714477
    daniel
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    yes, on the square. If you stand with your back to the main entrance to the basillica, it is half-way down along the arcade to your left. Can’t be more precise for a future visit. try getting the Carlo Scarpa guide if you want to see more of his buildings if in Italy in the future.

    June 1, 2000 at 10:05 pm #714478
    owen
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    Something that strikes me about the perception/presentation of architecture and design in this country is its incredible lack of humour. The little bit of Nation Building I saw took itself far too seriously, and the funereal theme music must have appeared so forbidding to the non-initiated.

    Anything to do with architecture/design/urbanism is presented so….drearily.

    We have so few humorous architects or journalists. Can’t we take a joke???? For god’s sake they’re only bloody buildings.

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