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Candido1859 by LOLA
Design studio Local Office for Large Architecture (LOLA) and architect Riccardo Cavaciocchi have completed the menswear section of a department store in southern Italy that first opened in 1859.
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Called CANDIDO1859, the project features a central round table with a reflective glass top, which allows light to penetrate through to the floor below.
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Bent metal wires meander through the space.
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Photographs are by Francesco Prato.
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The information that follows is from LOLA:
CANDIDO1859 – Department Store
Maglie-Lecce (Italy)
Surface: 627sm
The last of three floors, the men's department of Candido (opened 1859) is among the first designer-label stores to open in Southern Italy.
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The mirrored ceiling heightens a space which grabs the visitor before enticing them down a coloured path of light.
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The raised central patio, which central round table works as skylight for the lower main hall, modifies the surrounding space through a combination of perspective and illusion, one blue tumbling into another.
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