A nightmare could only be the origin of Hartmut Meyer's set depicting the family home: an abstract structure with a gently rising walkway around the rear of the stage and two large circular openings like sewage drain pipes, which are sometimes mysteriously plugged with giant spheres; a similar opening, leading downward from the stage floor, serves, among other things, as a repository for bodies.
The buildings now under construction west of the Ave nue of the Americas will have a series of walkways at the rear, preserving in some measure the pedestrian free dom that marked the original plan.
The 47 double rooms and suites now flaunt a French colonial style with heavy teak four-poster beds, Persian rugs, and pretty balconies, and the hotel has a garden with decked walkways at the rear.
As part of the project, whose main entrance will be at the intersection of Lower Main Street and Central Avenue, there will be a walkway extending from the rear of the property two-tenths of a mile to the rail station.
French doors lining the second-floor walkway open to a rear-facing veranda.
A walkway separates back and front sections.
By situating all the circulation at the rear of the complex along open-air walkways, Mr. Piano creates a strong visual connection to both the park and more distant views of the Santa Monica Mountains.
In the rear of the property, at the end of a winding stone walkway, is a Japanese tea house that appears as authentic as one found in a Tokyo garden, with sliding screens as walls and tatami mats on the floor.
A new walkway will link Westlegate to Lion and Castle Yard to the rear of Westlegate House, and a car park off Timberhill will be developed into shop space and flats.
Living rooms and master bedrooms are to face the rear, either overlooking buffer areas around the property or a park with walkways.
Today, the two venerable buildings are attached at the rear to a modern 13-story office building at 20 West 55th Street and connected by walkways at the fourth and fifth floors inside a glass-enclosed atrium.
