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This is a transitional shop in Milan, Italy designed by Caterina Tiazzoldi for the coffee brand Illy. The concept is conceived for a reconfigurable store, characterized by various modulations of a single element, a “cube” which is 45x45cm-squared base. Using a parametric device, it becomes manageable to manipulate the cube physical properties by editing depth, thickness, opacity, length besides explosions. The combinatory logic – inspired by genetic algorithms process – permits to perform through 3000 configurations of the same object.

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Alberto Martini was an Italian painter, engraver, illustrator and graphic designer. Critics have described Martini’s range of creations from “elegant and epic” to “grotesque again macabre” and reckoned him one of the precursors of Surrealism. This museum is dedicated to the stirring artist and illustrator Alberto Martini who put his native town of Oderzo, Italy on the map.

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Architects: Park Associati , Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi
Location: Milan, Piazza Duomo, Italy
Client: Electrolux Home Appliances Emea N.V
Design team: Lorenzo Merloni, Alessandro Rossi, Alexia Caccavella, Alice Cuteri, Fabio Calciati_Rendering
Area: 140 sq. m
Photographs: Andrea Martiradonna, Carol Kohen

The concept is to build a small piece of architecture, a cabin, perhaps a nest, on high, at the top of a cliff, on a monument, on a public building, it doesn’t matter where but in a resplendent location and with an original and spectacular view. The idea is to create a restaurant that offers its clients an enchanting, unique atmosphere with sophisticated dishes cooked in Electrolux kitchens. The idea is to keep it open for six months and then change location on top of important monuments and amazing locations, change city, nation, continent and reinstate this restaurant-type object on some other roof for new surprises, in addition menus, new clients.

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Hotel Lancaster is an Art Deco luxury boutique hotel dating from 1889, located in the heart of Paris just 100 metres from the Champs Elysées and the Arc de Triomphe. Only a 3-minute walk away from Le Louvre, it offers a classic and elegant atmosphere. Originally built as a townhouse for a Spanish nobleman, the hotel has retained its sense of elegance and history over the centuries.  

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Located in Perugia – a town known more for its plethora of old churches that its modern-retro architecture, only 200 km north of Rome, Italy, the Perugian library takes the shape of a large disc presents itself as a foreign object. This is one incredible library similar to the optimistic 1980s vision of the extra-terrestrial ET. Designed by architecture studio Italo Rota, the interior of the library resembles a cross between a dot-com office and the 13 year old girl’s room – colorful couches and pastel book shelves mix with the pink-hued light produced by the glass walls. Its form and use of color, its transparency during the daytime, and the light it emits at night create a new landscape. You should visit this library at night, when the bright round shape of the library building looks other-worldly.

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Southern welcome and synchronal elegance descend to together for a ladylike live at The Omni Richmond Hotel. This business-friendly Richmond hotel is situated incommunicative to Richmond Old Metropolis Room, Town Propose Washington, and Museum of the Set. Added nearby points of interest permit Edgar Allan Poe Museum.

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With a setting that blends breathtaking mountain backdrops with stunning lakeside vistas and cobbled streets, Geneva combines centuries of religious and cultural tolerance to create a modern, vibrant and cosmopolitan city. The Mandarin Oriental Geneva is situated on the right bank of the River Rhone, close to the historic Old Town, cultural and theater district. After a $50 million renovation, this exquisite urban accommodation has been transformed into the finest business hotel in Geneva.  

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Centrally located on one of the most exclusive and fashionable streets in Rome – Via Veneto, Regina Hotel Baglioni is a luxury urban property close to all major tourist attractions. The Spanish Steps are 500 metres away, while Villa Borghese estate and gardens is a 10-minute walk away. Housed an elegant Art Nouveau style building, in the heart of Rome, Regina Hotel Baglioni features extensive meeting and business facilities and is therefore equally suited for business and leisure travelers.

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Set similar a gem in one of the optimal locating of Italian Riviera between Portofino & Quint Terre, this magnificent 15th-century Friar monastery fuses contemporary relieve with the grandeur of its then. Hotel Abbadia San Giorgio is a quieten quandary in the disposition of Moneglia in Liguria, only 50 meters from the sea. The Abbadia San Giorgio visitant flat and suites, tastefully stocked with modify pieces, wanted their guests in a unequaled, relaxing condition.

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Aldrovandi Villa Borghese – The Activity Hotels of The Grouping occupies prestigious realistic class between the House Borghese gardens and the Borghese Room in Leaders, Italy. Leadership’s Bioparco Zoo is succeeding entryway, while the Borghese Art Room is 10 minutes off on meter. Aldrovandi Subverter Borghese features a giant personal garden with a swimming pool and poolside building.

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