San Giobbe, adaptive reuse of a vernacular house in Calle delle Beccarie, a model project to explore how an ancient house can be made fit for modern living whilst preserving its history.
The 18th-century tombstones of British ‘Ministers Resident’ in Venice were moved to the Catholic Cemetery on the Lido after the 1970s extension of the Lido Airport.
One of four turbaned figures around the Campo dei Mori, in a part of Venice where merchants lived and had their warehouses
One of a group of altarpieces commissioned from GB Piazzetta for San Vidal. Conserved for the Royal Academy’s ‘Glory of Venice’ exhibition in 1994.
A small Renaissance church on the Zattere where VIP conserved the coffered painted ceiling containing 58 roundels with patriarchs, prophets and martyrs. The Magistrato alle Acque paid for the roof repairs and the Australian Committee for fresco conservation and the Pentecost altarpiece.
Dedicated to St Christopher whose statue, above the main door, was restored in an early partnership between Venice conservators and the V&A Museum.
Completed in 1554 by Sansovino with a facade added by Palladio around 1562, which was restored, with its bronze sculptures, by Venice in Peril in 1994-5
Stonework conservation of the finely carved 14th and 15th century capitals from the colonnade of the Palazzo Ducale facing the lagoon and the piazza. Much admired by Ruskin. Now in the Museo dell’Opera.
The earliest free-standing equestrian sculpture in Venice, commemorating the condottiere Paolo Savelli, who died of plague in 1405, during the siege of Padua.
Renaissance Altar with four kneeling angels by Tullio Lombardo in the church of San Martino
