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THE VINSON VIEW

01 Neighbourhood watch

Picky Nicky’s got his eye on northern Italy’s local heroes

It was architect Matteo Thun who first drew me to South Tyrol. It was September 2003 and I was visiting the new Thundesigned Vigilius Mountain Resort, which we were shooting (see W*64). Thun used only local materials to build Vigilius, and he also taught me about moon wood,

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