Fondazione Masieri, Universita IUAV, Venice: detail of the steel column and base of the cylindrical bathrooms in the second-floor studio

NOTES: Angelo Masieri, a former student and associate of Scarpa, had commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright in 1951 to design a replacement for his home on the Grand Canal near the Rio Foscari. Tragically he was killed in a car accident in the United States before he met Wright, so his widow Savina with Scarpa commissioned Wright to design a residence and study centre for architecture students as a memorial. The project became mired in controversy as the city planners objected strongly to a modern facade on the Grand Canal. In 1962 a renovation scheme by Valeriano Pastor was also rejected. Eventually in 1968 Scarpa was given the commission, with the proviso that the facade remain as it was, while making the necessary structural reconstructions for the decaying floors and walls on the interior. When Scarpa died in 1978, only the facade had been restored and the interior gutted. The project was completed in 1983 by Carlo Maschietto and Franca Semi.