The Italian designer?s work is imperiled by plans for a new hotel It?s an age-old (development) tale: A low-slung house is slated to meet the wrecking ball, to be replaced by a 20-story hotel.
But the details of the latest installment of this familiar story set it apart from other tellings: The location is Iran?s capital, Tehran, and the house is Villa Namazee, a glorious pile by renowned Italian designer Gio Ponti, built circa 1960.
In a report, The Guardian?s Iran correspondent draws a line from Ponti?s Villa Namazee?one of only three such private residential commissions by Ponti?to the iconoclastic forms of architect Zaha Hadid and others to underscore the historic house?s importance.
While that?s a worthy insight, the house stands on its own design merits: The original interiors feature a white-and-blue color palette (curtains, furnishings) in a combination of the soignée midcentury aesthetic we know and love, and something more eclectic and postmodern, too, which feels fresh even half-a-century later.
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