map surveys modern venice architecture, from carlo scarpa to tadao ando

blue crow media’s latest map celebrates modernist and contemporary architecture in venice, from the 1930s to today. released to coincide with the opening of the 2021 venice architecture biennale, the map features buildings by some of the most influential architects of the 20th and 21st century, including carlo scarpa, tadao ando, santiago calatrava, david chipperfield and more. ‘modern venice map’ gathers a total of fifty selected buildings, from social housing to biennale pavilions at the giardini and to the recently-designed vatican chapels.giardino delle sculture / sculpture garden (giardini della biennale), carlo scarpa, 1950-52 (also header image)

all images by alessandra chemollo for blue crow media

‘modern venice map’ by local architectural historians marco mulazzani, elisa pegorin and photographer alessandra chemollo, highlights the italian city’s surprising range of modernist and contemporary architecture. the two-sided publication includes a map of venice, an introduction, original photography and details of fifty selected buildings, biennale pavilions and vatican chapels. some of the architects featured are the venetian carlo scarpa, and other italian and international names such as alvar aalto, tadao ando, santiago calatrava, david chipperfield, norman foster, rem koolhas, renzo piano, aldo rossi, james stirling, map studio and others.ponte della constituzion / constitution bridge, santiago calatrava, 1996, 2001-08

the buildings included on the map make it clear that modern architecture, far from an aberration, is a natural continuation of venice’s remarkable history. ‘the map shows that venice continues to express and cradle international culture through the diverse but complementary languages of its new architecture,’ write marco mulazzani and elisa pegorin in the introduction.padiglione del venezuela / venezuela pavilion (giardini della biennale), carlo scarpa, 1953-56