

the curve in the design is meant to evoke the outstretched leg of a tango dancer...
the center, suspended section can be rotated to let ships pass...


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the faena hotel...
i was asked by the doorman not to take pictures (he'd seen me outside with my big zoom lens). but the folks inside didn't mind a few shots here and there. so we cheesed it up for our waiter--he literally said, cheese-- if only to document the hilarious phillippe starck ostentatiousness all around us.
all photos © anita aguilar