After completing her thesis in Venice, Lynn Appleby was awarded the Delmas Fellowship to further study the work of Carlo Scarpa.
The Delmas Foundation was established in 1976 to encourage research into the heritage of Venice and the Veneto.
CARLO SCARPA (1906 - 1978)
Carlo Scarpa was an Italian architect and designer renowned for his work across many disciplines, including exhibition design, furniture and glass.
His influences spanned the Byzantine era of the 4th century, to the Vienna Secession movement of the late 19th century, to Venetian tradition and beyond to Japan.
He has been recognized as one of the most important modern architects of the 20th century, alongside Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier.
Scarpa was the subject of Lynn Appleby’s thesis and post-graduate work, which she researched and completed while in residence at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice.
GIUSEPPE MAZZARIOL (1922 - 1989)
Giuseppe Mazzariol was an art historian and the director of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, which was renovated by Carlo Scarpa during his tenure.
Mazzariol is pictured on the left, with Le Corbusier to the center as they walk and chat along a Venetian canal. The photograph documents a visit to the site of Le Corbusier’s proposed design for the Venice Hospital project in the early 1960s.
CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE (CCA)
In 1997 the Canadian Centre for Architecture Founders’ Circle commissioned Lynn Appleby to lead a tour of Carlo Scarpa’s Palazzo Querini Stampalia.
Scarpa’s footbridge, shown in the lower right of the photo, was rumoured to have been built in the middle of the night, as the design was considered a bit radical for its day.
A detailed description of the bridge and the architectural tour of the Palazzo may be found here.
