Carlo Scarpa

1906 - born on June 2 in Venice. He was the oldest of three children (Luigi and Ida). His parents were elementary school teacher Antonio Scarpa and fashion designer Emma Novello
1908 - the family moved to Vicenza
1919 - after his mother's death, his father moved back to Venice with both sons. Carlo unsuccessfully tried to gain admission to the Academy of Fine Arts
1920 - admitted to Accademia Reale di Belle Arti
1922 - during his studies, he worked for two years in the architectural office of Vincenzo Rinaldo
1926 - graduated in the field of Architectural Drawing and became an assistant to Prof. Guido Girilli at the Venice Faculty of Architecture
1927 - during his apprenticeship, he ran his own practice and was also a consultant for the glass manufacturer Cappellin until the year
1930 - German architectural journals sparked Scarpa's interest in the works of Mies van der Rohe and F.L. Wright
1933 - began teaching at the Faculty of Architecture in Venice and collaborating with the glass workshop Venini on the island of Murano
1934 - married Onorina Lazzari, the granddaughter of architect V. Rinaldo, for whom he worked during his studies
1935 - his son Tobia was born
1942 - together with artist Mario De Luigi, he received his first commission from the Venice Biennale, for which he worked for the next thirty years.
1951 - met F.L. Wright in Venice
1954 - at the invitation of the Italian-American Society for Cultural Relations, he gave lectures in Rome
1955 - prominent architects recommended him for an honorary doctorate
1956 - had to defend himself in court against the Chamber of Architects in Venice, which claimed he was practicing as an architect without appropriate education. He was acquitted. In the same year, he received the Olivetti architectural award together with Lucovico Quaroni
1962 - appointed full professor of interior design and moved to Asolo near Treviso
1965 - received the IN-ARCH award in Rome for the reconstruction of the Castelvecchio museum and the Gold Medal for Art and Culture from the Ministry of Education.
1967 - traveled to the USA to visit Wright's buildings. There he met Louis Kahn
1972 - took over the leadership of the Venice Faculty of Architecture. He moved his office to Vicenza
1978 - died on November 28 on a trip to Japan in Sendai. According to his last will, he was buried in the family cemetery Brion in Vito d’Altivole. Shortly before his death, he received an honorary doctorate from the Venice Faculty of Architecture.