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Architecture in Conversion and the Work of Carlo Scarpa Celtic Religions wishing to deposit his mother’sThe work of Modernist architect Carlo Scarpa (1906 1978) is exemplary of an in between practice, which is neither architecture nor conservation, but rather, architecture in conversion, dependent upon time, weather, and tempo. This book discusses the notion of architecture in conversion, revealing it to be radically different from current conservation practices, and to entail more than a change of use. Scarpas work represents a radical turn in how we