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venice’s historic caffè florian — the oldest one in italy and in the world — just celebrated its 300th birthday in a bitter way.
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the design draws influence from the sculptures of artist luo xu, and integrates a series of art deco elements to form its own unique identity.
a coconut leaf roof covers the entire ceiling.
the architects planted trees in the corner of both houses, allowing them to protrude outside the envelopes of the two dwellings.
venturi was right; “less is a bore” 🙂
Renovation? This project destroyed The Folk Art Museum, one of the most iconic projects done by Williams and Tsien. I see zero remnants of of the existing space and zero mention of the existing space. I understand MOMA needed more space, DSR is the obvious choice to make the space cool and trendy, but it’s a shame to see the folk art museum go. I would be interested to see how Williams and Tsien would have remodeled the space. The facade from Folk Art belongs in a museum. It’s a shame to see DSR and MOMA totally discard an amazing piece of art done by W and T for what? More lobby space and coat storage? Shouldn’t this project be focused on art? Architecture is a public art.
Thanks for the article db, but this project disappoints me. DSR disappoints with this project and every lecture or talk I have heard from E Diller disappoints.