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This is the year in which Europe will either fall apart or emerged stronger. I give it 75% that it emerges as a stronger union but the risk of collapse is still there. Germany has the key to solve the problem because of the size of its economy, its saving rate and its export volume. Germany has to decide on whether it continues to transfer some of its wealth in order to create markets for its exports or it let’s Europe fall apart and ends up with an overvalued currency and deteriorated markets. Already today it started paying negative interest rates which is a prelude in my view to a huge rise in the DM should it be born again. Tough choice. I think Germany can actually both save Europe and make money by buying underpriced Italian and Spanish bonds and selling them after stabilization. It can do what the FED did with many financial institutions, make a profit by providing much needed liquidity at a critical time.
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Posted by Daniel - December 2, 2008 12:39 am - #
nice!! i love your fornitures
Posted by Andy - December 2, 2008 9:36 am - #
Martin,
this looks great…:-)) Congratulations
Andy
Posted by yomismito - December 2, 2008 11:19 am - #
La arquitectura es bastante llamativa por su asimetría y su diseño que combina cristal, cemento y madera, aunque no me parece nada acogedora para una casa. Sin embargo, tengo una duda, ¿qué son exactamente esos círculos azules en el suelo de esa especie de patio en el que tienes una planta? ¿Son estanques? ¿Puntos de luz? ¿Desagües? ¿Huecos para macetas?
Posted by Pierre Marissal - December 2, 2008 2:45 pm - #
Un estilo un poquito complicado para mi gusto, que soy un admirador de Le Corbusier y del funcionalismo puro.
Algun dia, si paseas por La Plata, hay algo de el que te podria gustar :
Casa Curutchet
Boulevard 53 N° 320.
La Plata 1900
Argentina
Posted by Max Navarro - December 2, 2008 6:17 pm - #
I’ve seen very good ideas, and I like the open atmosphere and amplitude.
Still, and I confess I agree with your posts 99% of the time, I think I am too Spanish to enjoy living there.
As I know the effort it implied, congratulations, and enjoy it for long, long time.
Max
Posted by Martin Varsavsky - December 2, 2008 8:01 pm - #
@ Max Navarro:
Well the Casavars architects, Acebo and Alonso who designed it and Luis Prada who managed the construction are all Spanish.
Posted by polac - December 2, 2008 10:31 pm - #
Lo de los splitters de climatización no tiene perdón, con lo que has gastado y se les olvidó que los cristales y el hormigón armado son una jaula de calor, deberian haberlo canalizado en la estructura. Lo más divertido es la escalinata sofá en el living.
Posted by Martin Varsavsky - December 2, 2008 11:33 pm - #
@ polac:
I agree that the A/C heating units in the living room are ugly. But there was just no way to deal with the 40C days in July and August and the freezing weather in December and January. The architects did a very poor calculation of what it would take to keep this house at 25C in the summer and 20C in the winter. We only use them in months of extreme cold or heat.
Posted by Martino Sabia - December 3, 2008 2:25 am - #
Fantastic! Maybe i’ve seen it somewhere else, possible?
Something like in a TV spot from BMW…