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Paulo Merlini Architects perches gabled volumes on top of stone plinth at Casa Rio
Local architect Paulo Merlini has completed a house in the Portuguese city of Gondomar featuring three gabled volumes and a roof garden set on top of a ground-floor structure formed of thick stone walls. More