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the 150 year-old art nouveau icon is scheduled to open by the end of may after over 15 years of construction.
the interior design juxtaposes existing historical features of the building with clean, contemporary lines.
the house is designed to resemble a large piece of a tree trunk.
'the difficult part in moving a city is to preserve its sense of belonging, the history and the soul of the community,' says alexandra hagen, CEO of white arkitekter.
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I visited Arles last week and could not avoid seeing this abomination from practically everywhere in the city. It is without a doubt among the ugliest buildings I have ever seen, and it now dominates Arles, an otherwise pretty and even occasionally architecturally interesting little city. I now see that the inside of the building is as formless and misfunctional as the pointlessly tortured exterior.