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Decline and fall of the Italian villa: Haunting images of the forgotten palaces which are now spectacular ruins

• Photographer charts decline of country homes from Piedmont to Tuscany
• Believed to be more than 300 ghost villages -
  'paesi fantasma' - in Italy

By Nick Enoch

PUBLISHED: 08:14 EST, 1 August 2012 | UPDATED: 09:11 EST, 1 August 2012 

 A grand staircase lies in ruins - the steps have crumbled; its ornate railings covered in dust. On the decaying, bare walls, a splash of coloured panelling provides the last vestige of splendour.

For the most part, the villas lie in economically distressed areas with poor communications.However, there are cases where family tensions have been the cause of the residences' downfall. In one instance, the construction of a nuclear power plant nearby led to the abandonment of the village and the house master.

 
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181957/Italian-villa-The-palatial-rustic-retreats-Renaissance-lie-abandoned.html#ixzz22KBOI4bx

 

This once-great Italian villa would most likely have been home to nobility during the Renaissance - but now, it and many others have been abandoned.

Yet there is still beauty to be found - frescoes depicting angels and rustic scenes, and vaulted ceilings which have managed to ward off the ravages of time.

To document their sad demise, photographer Thomas Jorion has roamed the north of the country - from Piedmont and Lombardy to Tuscany and Emilia Romagna - for his gallery series, entitled Forgotten Palaces.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181957/Italian-villa-The-palatial-rustic-retreats-Renaissance-lie-abandoned.html#ixzz22KAlPfDe

There are believed to be more than 300 Italian ghost villages, or 'paesi fantasma', many dating from medieval times. Residents have left such villages - many dating from medieval times - for reasons ranging from landslides to migration to big cities.  The term 'villa' originally applied to the suburban summer residences of the ancient Romans and their later Italian imitators. 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181957/Italian-villa-The-palatial-rustic-retreats-Renaissance-lie-abandoned.html#ixzz22KCTEL3j

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Looking luxuriously secluded, the glamorous Bridge House in Malibu, California, was designed to capture stunning views of the city and ocean from high on a hillside, at the end of a gated cul-de-sac. With living spaces spreading over 7,000 square feet, this Malibu mansion is the result of creative thinking underwent by medium-sized Malibu-based Sorensen Architects. The design studio managed to create an inspiring delimitation between the private and social areas of the house, ensuring that privacy and entertainment meet in this fantastic luxury residence. Four bedrooms and six bathrooms, alongside a massage room and gym, prove to be the perfect spaces for a comforting, relaxing lifestyle. The swimming pool and sundeck invite inhabitants outside, where unobstructed views merge with challenging surroundings to shape an exiting living experience. Available for $ 6,350,000, the Bridge House sure looks like a collection of residences, don’t you think?

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Borrowing the shape of the long, twisting bodies of China's iconic dragons, "Sity" is a building concept we're still trying to wrap our heads around. It's designed to snake through a swathe of Shanghai and includes a man-made river and park underneath it.

While the structure looks impossible to navigate, the designers have actually put some thought into how you could live and work in this thing, too.

Sity's spiraling structure sees it intersect the ground at several points. It's at these junctions that pedestrians can enter, and the structure is also joined to Shanghai by a subway line, river vessels and a grid of roads.

So, what happens once you're inside? It's a little hard to picture, but the plans call for "internal vertical/horizontal transport," which we take to mean elevators and walkways. The structure is mixed-use, and would include living and work, as well as public spaces and recreation areas.  In the gallery online get a better sense of its scale: people are tiny and stick-like and boats look like toys. According to Architizer, it's supposed to stand some 60 stories tall, which would make Sity absolutely massive.

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