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rael san fratello's teeter totter wall has been named design of the year 2020.
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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.
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more commentsTo provide some new info on part of the discussion above, I just visited Galaxy Soho yesterday and it is still completely empty save some rental offices. It felt almost like a ghost town with only a small number of people around: a few bored rental agents, maintenance workers washing windows, and maybe a dozen sightseers, if that. One of the maintenance staffers claimed the building “wasn’t open yet,” but with China’s economy rapidly decelerating and the neighborhood including a lot of old, low rent apartments nearby I would expect them to have trouble filling it up. The Russian Quarter is on the other side of the highway but I can’t see any businesses departing the critical mass of that district for Galaxy Soho which is a bit of a walk.
This is the best modern design in my life time
I wonder why are people going gaga about this building? Looks like an out of scale product design besides being very plastiky. What are the curves helping besides over-emphasizing them in every space and all levels? What is especially and intelligently sustainable about this building? I’m sure it wouldn’t stand 10 minutes of sincere critique. has Architecture been reduced to only technology?