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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.
many meaningless platitudes, assertions and statements…combined with the usual, outdated visual language and imagery.
The architects might want to check with some botanists…food producing plants won’t grow at some of the more lofty altitudes suggested in that rendering…amd certainly not at the volume to provide food sustainability. Where is the animal farming conducted? On the “government” tower?
Trees need more light than that.