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Vincenzo De Cotiis writes the next chapter for the historic Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, situated on the banks of Venice's Grand Canal
CAPTION: IN THE LIVING ROOM OF VENICE'S PALAZZO GIUSTINIAN LOLIN, AD100 ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER VINCENZO DE COTIIS'S OWN SCULPTURAL FURNISHINGS SIT WITH FOUR 18TH-CENTURY JEAN RAOUX PAINTINGS. THE SCULPTURES ON THE COCKTAIL TABLE ARE BY GIROLAMO CAMPAGNA. IMAGE CREDIT: MARTIN MORRELL. ART: VINCENZO DE COTIIS
CAPTION: VINCENZO AND CLAUDIA ROSE DE COTIIS WITH A FRAGMENT OF A ROMAN SCULPTURE AND AN ARTWORK BY JEAN DEGOTTEX. IMAGE CREDIT: MARTIN MORRELL. ART: JEAN DEGOTTEX © 2023 ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK / ADAGP, PARIS.
CAPTION: THE MONUMENTAL DINING TABLE IS HEWN FROM RECYCLED FIBERGLASS AND GREEN MALACHITE CHALLANT MARBLE. THE PAINTINGS ARE BY LATIFA ECHAKHCH, AND THE MURANO GLASS CHANDELIER IS ORIGINAL TO THE PALAZZO. IMAGE CREDIT: MARTIN MORRELL. © LATIFA ECHAKHCH/MENNOUR, PARIS.
We were inspired by Venice—the architecture, the history, the monumentality,” says AD100 designer Vincenzo De Cotiis over Zoom, swinging open the shutters of the Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, a Baroque-style palace in the city where he has recently taken up residence on the piano nobile. It's a misty afternoon in February and a few small boats are traveling along the waterway that has facilitated trade, transit, and cultural exchange for centuries. “When you're here, you understand what happened in the 15th century,” continues the designer's wife, Claudia Rose De Cotiis. “How Venice became a world market.”
This palazzo watched it all unfold. Likely constructed around the 15th century by the Miani family, it was bought by the Lolins in the early 17th century. Following plans by the Venetian architect Baldassare Longhena, it was rebuilt around 1630, then willed to one of their relatives, Giovanni Giustinian. The design featured a striking, rather classical façade defined by three bands of pilasters (festooned curtains above the Corinthian columns lend a dash of baroque flair), but Longhena left some traces of the medieval structure intact, like narrow peaked windows...