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Villa Girasole’s interior design is such that one experiences a number of different progressions of light throughout the day: "Though the views from either wing differ at any given moment, they share a general orientation to the sun, reducing the chance for conflict over which direction the house should point. All rooms could share an equal ...
Villa Capra "La Rotonda" in Vicenza.One of Palladio's most influential designs. Villa Godi in Lugo Vicentino.An early work notable for lack of external decoration. The Palladian villas of the Veneto are villas designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, all of whose buildings were erected in the Veneto, the mainland region of north-eastern Italy then under the political control of the ...
Villa Cornaro is a patrician villa in Piombino Dese, about 30 km northwest of Venice, Italy.It was designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in 1552 and is illustrated and described by him in Book Two of his 1570 masterwork, I quattro libri dell'architettura (The Four Books on Architecture). [1]
Italian palazzi, as against villas which were set in the countryside, were part of the architecture of cities, being built as town houses, the ground floor often serving as commercial premises. Early palazzi exist from the Romanesque and Gothic periods, but the definitive style dates from a period beginning in the 15th century, when many noble ...
Italy is known for its considerable architectural achievements, [3] such as the construction of aqueducts, temples and similar structures during ancient Rome, the founding of the Renaissance architectural movement in the late-14th to 16th century, and being the homeland of Palladianism, a style of construction which inspired movements such as ...
After helping Rebecca and Pierre find the perfect house, the Marrs's pitched the idea of an Italian spin-off series to HGTV, and the rest is history! A New Approach to Renovation
Casa Malaparte (also Villa Malaparte) is a house on Punta Massullo, on the eastern side of the isle of Capri, Italy. It is considered to be one of the best examples of Italian modern and contemporary architecture. The house was conceived around 1937 by the well-known Italian architect Adalberto Libera for Curzio Malaparte. [2]
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