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Villa Moissi is an unfinished project of the Austrian architect Adolf Loos. It should be the residence of actor Alexander Moise and his wife Lido in Venice. In Loos's early works, the exterior wall has always been a passive expressionist of architectural forms. It set off the opening pattern of the window as a background and grabbed the limelight by the pillars and the mouthwash. All this changed in 1922. In the design of Moissi House, for the first time, a large wall was left on the façade without division: a blank wall. In a scale model for the fall salon, the wall surface has a prominent texture that stands out under the light. The eastern facade of this cube and terraced building has pure Mediterranean features. If the panels are not torn, there will be a balanced arrangement of windows in most of the upper part of the patio. The living room is located on an upper floor with spectacular views of Venice. An external staircase near the entrance leads to the terrace near the ...