Vulcano Buono - Neatorama

It looks like a new volcano is growing in Nola, Italy, near Mt. Vesuvius! The Vulcano Buono (good volcano) is a commercial center designed by Renzo Piano. The interior space is bigger than it looks due to the sloping grass roof, which insulates the building. Inside you’ll find a forest and an amphitheater, plus shops, a hotel, a supermarket, and a movie theater. See more pictures at Inhabitat. Link -via Metafilter

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Wow. This really reminds me of a "Dirty Pair" graphic novel.

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Looks like a monstrosity.
Is this actually being built? The Italians are good for planning things, but not so good on the follow-through.

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At first I thought it was Sun Devil Stadium.

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Looks like "green" building at its best. Great design. Infuse the outline of the building into the landscape by making it look like a grassy hill.

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The young lady will make some young man a fine wife, once she's dead.

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wicked young lady! :p

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Harkens back to the day when young women of "breeding" had nothing to occupy their minds and so resorted to mischief like this. Eventually she'd end up becoming a morphine addict or drunk conducting seances to the amusement of her female peers before dying of cirrhosis or TB. Tsk, tsk.

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I liked it even though it was mean spirited. The trouble is that girl was far to clever and creative for her time. Today a girl like that would grow up to be an actress, a film maker or a writer.

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I think I read this short story a while back in college.

Anyhow, that girl is pretty funny.

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Gah - 12 minutes?
I read that story, too. Saki was a master of the short story.

That guy looked like whatisname from Ugly Betty.

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