Two HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE houses feature in the programme of the 2014 Architecture Biennale in Venice:

The Villa Due Pini is presented in the film “Dom-ino”, which is screened as part of Rem Koolhaas’s project Monditalia. The film documents the development of cementi armati, that is frequently illegal, unfinished reinforced concrete structures found in the Italian landscape.
Under the heading of “Monditalia”, Rem Koolhaas, the artistic director of the 2014 Architecture Biennale, has curated very different examples of Italian architecture from Cinecittà and high-society architecture in Capri to architectural ballet productions and holiday architecture in the almost 400-metre-long former rope-making hall of the Venetian Arsenale. In the midst of the presentation of these wide-ranging Italian architectural developments, the “Dom-ino” project shows the Villa Due Pini which is located in an olive grove and provides a breathtaking view of the Gulf of Gaeta from its swimming pool.

Visitors enthuse about holidays at the villa with its tranquil setting and olive grove with ancient dry-stone walls as being akin to living in a work of art.
The untouristy surroundings, yet very short distance to the beach, and the enormous sun deck with its spectacular view of the Aurunici mountains clearly cast the same spell on both the film makers, who include Joseph Grima, and visitors.

Das Hotel Gracanica, which combines modern architecture and traditional elements, is presented in the Kosovo Pavilion.