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agement company Venice Plan Ingegneria and the Superintendence of Fine Arts. The architect focused on a “box in the box” design, placing the monumental building envelope in a conversation with the interior design and the decorative system with made to measure furnishings inspired by the essence of Venice. In its 52 rooms (36 standard, 15 suites, 1 presidential suite) and 3 apartments, the woods and other materials, with their unique designs, are put in continuity with the building’s original materials. The finishes and colors evoke the hues of water, reflections of the glass of the nearby Murano factory, and the interiors of gondolas. The marbles and their distinctive veins — such as Palissandro Nuvolato and Bardiglio Nuvolato — are also references to the lagoon, and the paintings of the rooms pay homage to the friezes and frescoes of the ceilings, made primarily in the nineteenth century by Bevilacqua, when the Nani family had already left the building to move to Ca’ Rezzonico. According to the architect,
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