The canal is flanked by lawns and wide paths and at its western end is overlooked by an open-sided loggia converted from a potting shed. |
The first step was to take samples of the materials and colours used in the loggia. |
Outfitted with a custom pool table, game table, refrigerator, and easy chairs, it opens to a spacious loggia with a view. |
On the rear façade is a lateral bay topped by a large gable roof dormer in which a loggia covered by a triangular arch is recessed. |
The architects carved a loggia into the base of all four buildings to provide a continuous pedestrian space around the courtyard as well as covered access to each building. |
It seems fitting to begin the tour in the Italian galleries, reached through the classical courtyard and up the stairs to rooms off the loggia. |