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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.
I like the roof terrace and double height living area. not sure why building code in Japan allows the roof terrace design without balustrades, which i think is important to the safety of users(children in the house).
i love that the upper roof terrace has a sloping floor, poetic!
This is a very rich house for a very tight space. It fully utilises the sloped roof, both for sunlight and for views/balconies. One of the diagrams even suggests passive cooling.
I think the paint factory in japan only manufactures white paint. Every architectural feature on design boom is generally white. Also great, fun and wonderfull, I wonder how frequently the outside spaces will get utilised. Creating
Delightful! Innovative and covers requirements more than adequately. Fun came to mind when I first viewed it d;-)
Prefect adult dwelling. Loved it!
I just wonder how painful it would be to keep that white roof white and clean…
I think that furniture is perfect!
It would be nice to see appropriate furniture in this space