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Local practice Sigla Studio renovated the original mosaic floors and molded parts. The readers were impressed by the restoration, with one describing them as “tender, sensitive and reserved”, while another praised the “beautiful mix of the best of the existing with some likeable modern additions”.
Further stories in this week newsletter, which fired the comment area, contained James Turrell's plans for installation in the Alula Desert Saudi Arabia, a research center in Basel by Herzog & de Meuron and Valerio Olgiatis plans for a trio of skyscrapers in Albania.
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