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Local practice Sigla Studio renovated preserved the original mosaic floors and mouldings. Readers were impressed by the restoration, with one describing it as “delicate, sensitive and restrained”, while another praised the “lovely blend of the best of the existing with some sympathetic modern additions”.
Other stories in this week’s newsletter that fired up the comments section included James Turrell’s plans for an installation in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla desert, a research centre in Basel by Herzog & de Meuron and Valerio Olgiati’s plans for a trio of skyscrapers in Albania.
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