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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.
Basically a beautiful idea, but when I see large sharks in small contourless tanks I’m shuddering to think about it. To show them in a rather natural large enough habitat would be a progress like they do in some zoos, not perfectly adapted to the moods of mankind “we want to see the fish”. As in zoos, I think it’s a cruel idea to stuff free animals into small cages just for optical sensation.