Venezia
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about venezia
Project • By Secco Sistemi SPA • Museums
Punta della Dogana
Located in a strategic point from where the city interactswith the lagoon, Punta della Dogana, transformed in the17th century from salt storage into ancient mercantile customsof Serenissima, is a triangular shaped building, like the prowof a ship, which is dominated by an imposing sculptural group:a bronze sphere held by two statues of atlas and toppedby Lady Luck who rotates in the direction of the wind.In 2009, the former customs house, under the instructionof the François Pinault Foundation, was the subject of anew transformation. The project patronised by Tadao Ando,preserves the original architecture, yet reconfigures the spaceto convert it into a contemporary art centre. The modulationof natural light and the originality of the... More
Project • By Matteo Thun & Partners • Hotels
JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa
An island becomes a 266 rooms hotel. Deep in nature and history, gazing at the Venice Lagoon-scape. Water, slowness and silence. Ten minutes by boat from San Marco. More
Product • By Arlexitalia s.r.l. • Lay
Lay
A compact bathroom setting, but dynamic and fully equipped at the same time; elegance and innovation coexist in a perfect symbiosis. Considering the important upcoming meeting Il Salone del Mobile 2018, Arlexitalia, in cooperation with the architect and designer Marco Zito, has developed some new projects that can be considered as a 'new-reading' of the whole bathroom area, focused on the most required features in the reference market, that is personaliza tion, modularity, innovation. A stainless steel frame, similar to a bookcase, is the way to a customized bathroom, that takes its shape through a Layout composition (the abbreviation of the name comes from here) giving rise to different combinations, from the "Naked" one, only made up of w... More