is unusual in that it is not taken from below, featuring the stream and the house
above, but rather it is taken from the forest directly across from the house, implying
a house uniquely surrounded by a Malta lace-like encirclement of greenery and
branches. It is as if the building is in a purgatory���a placid heaven above and a lush
hell below, a rather odd twist on the story. From this angle, the house���s components
appear to be limestone-like slabs used to build the low walls dividing stremmeta of
40 Bond Street, NY, USA,
John Pawson Design, Herzog & de Meuron Architekten
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