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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.
hi, does any one know how much the construction cost? im doing a school project on this building.
More constructions photos of Zaha Hadid’s original:
http://inthemistofcities.com/zaha-hadid-building-wangjing-soh/
It doesn’t matter if it’s appropriate or not, but for sure Beijing (developer) needs it.
Just a big monster.
Get over it. Is the whole world going to end up looking like a giant trash can. This is not working.
..doesn’t do it for me although Hadid I think is brilliant…sorry, I find it uninspiring…
cariocas should sue her!
Don’t know if this is good or bad, but this building complex will get anthropomorphized every which way. A mouse hidden but for the tips of its ears and tail. Sailboats at the starting line. A shark dance. Tongues about to entwine . . .