CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
VERUM IPSUM FACTUM 4
A MAN OF BYZANTIUM WHO CAME TO VENICE BY WAY OF GREECE >PAGE 6
GLASS DESIGNS, MURANO 16
NOTHING COMES FROM NOTHING 26
CA' FOSCARI RENOVATIONS, VENICE 32
BOOK PAVILION, ENTERANCE AND ITALIAN PAVILION COURTYARD, BIENNALE, VENICE 40
BEAUTY, ART, WONDER 46
GALLERIE DELL'ACCADEMIA RENOVATION, VENICE 50
CORRER MUSEUM RENOVATIONS, VENICE 56
PALAZZO ABATELLIS RENOVATIONS, PALERMO 62
ARCHIECTURE DETERMINED NOT BY THE WHOLE BUT BY THE PART 74
VENEZUELAN PAVILION, BIENNALE GARDENS, VENICE 78
VERITTI HOUSE, UDINE 86
CHURCH AT CORTE DI CADORE 92
EDIFICATION AS THE FOSTERING OF EMOTIONS 96
GIPSOTECA CANOVIANA ADDITION, POSSAGNO 98
GIVING PRESENCE TO THE ELEMENTS 112
OLIVETTI SHOWROOM, PIAZZA SAN MACRO, VENICE 114
GAVINA SHOWROOM, BOLOGNA 130
WORKING WITH TRACES OF THE PAST AND EXPACTAIONS OF FUTURE MEANING 136
CASTELVECCHIO MUSEM RENOVATIONS, VERONA 138
CELEBRATION OF THE JOINT 160
FONDAZIONE QUERINI STAMPALIA RENOVATIONS, VENICE 162
THE WHOLENESS OF INSEPARABLE ELEMENTS 182
ZENTNER HOUSE, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND 184
FONDAZIONE MASIERI RENOVATIONS, VENICE 190
OTTOLENGHI HOUSE, BARDOLINO >PAGE 200
THE DETAIL AS THE ADORATION OF NATURE 210
BANCA POPOLARE, VERONA 212
MAKING THE SPIRIT EXPLICIT 238
BRION CEMETERY, SAN VITO D'ALTIVOLE 240
CONCLUSION
WE ONLY KNOW WHAT WE MAKE 272
APPENDIX
NOTES 276
LIST OF WORKS 1922-1978 278
BIBIOGRAPHY 283
INDEX 284
AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 286