VENICE

Check out the pavilions on ArchDaily etc...
still some to pay!!

Preparation:
READ!!! MORE!!!
almost anything about Venice and the architecture, such as:
HOWARD, D, 2004, The Architectural History of Venice, New Haven: Yale University Press
£12.74 Amazon (there is also an older B&W print)
Particularly read about Palladio, Ruskin and Scarpa.

For a really good overview of history, politics and architecture try:
Ackroyd, Peter 2009, Venice: Pure City, London; Vintage (£6.99 Amazon)