title palazzo
Guarini affectively applies Borromini's principle of undulating facades. He divides it into three units, the one curves much like the facade of Santo Carlo alle Quattro Fontaine, and is flanked by two block-like wings.

Palazzo Carignano

Who- Guarino Guarini
What- Building
When- 1679-92
Where-Turin
Why- Heir to Borromini's architectural syle. Guarini was a priest, mathematician, and architect who, over a 17 year period, converted a provincial town into a fountainhead of architectural theories that would sweep much of Europe.
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