Architects: Carlo Scarpa.
Location: Venice, Italy.
Year: 1957.
Photographs: seier+seier, patrizia_ferri, Orch_chemollo.

The Olivetti Showroom by Carlo Scarpa was comissioned by Adriano Olivetti in the late 1950s and was used for decades. In 2011, it re-emerged as the display space for Olivetti products. Scarpa transformed the space from a dark alley into an open jewel box, featuring a strong marble staircase. The Olivetti Showroom was designed by Scarpa to be a space for Olivetti’s products, but also a space for his talent. It features individual stone slabs supported by brass rods, glass tiled floors, mosaic tiles of different colors, and a large sculpture by Alberto Viani near the front entrance. Today, the shop has become a museum of olivetti design.