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"Giorgio Armani's Swiss Retreat\nUsing dark mahogany instead of golden pine, fashion superstar Giorgio Armani transforms his Swiss retreat into a couture take on traditional alpine style.\nGiorgio Armani, seated in a leather club chair, at his winter getaway near Saint Moritz, Switzerland.\nOn the house's exterior, the designer added the traditional scratch-work decoration known as sgraffito.\nThe couturier and his design team adapted a 17th-century barn into a high-ceilinged living room with a glass curtain wall looking out to the Alps. The sofa, cocktail table, and silk rug are by Armani/Casa.\nIn the living room, mahogany beams frame walls of marmorino veneziano, a plaster treatment resembling limestone. The leather cube chair is by Armani/Casa; the sofa at right is upholstered in one of the firm's fabrics by Rubelli from Donghia. The taxidermy polar bear was a gift to the designer.\nIn an area of the living room known as the winter garden, the lantern lamps, sofa fabric, and rug are all by Armani/Casa.\nThe opposite end of that space is furnished with more of the firm's pieces: a table with a bronzed-brass base and director's chairs clad in Bulgarian leather.\nCinnabar-color fabric warms the walls and windows of the jewel-box dining room, which features an Armani/Casa table and carpet.\nThe kitchen, conceived in collaboration with Molteni, features mahogany detailing and marmorino veneziano.\nThe lounge is outfitted with Armani/Casa furnishings, including the felt-top card table, director's chairs, lamps, and pendant light.\nThe mahogany staircase is flanked by shoji-style sliding doors inset with acrylic.\nIn the master bedroom, a fur coverlet is draped over the designer's Armani/Casa bed, which is dressed with a bedspread and bolster of a Rubelli fabric; the side table is mahogany with a black nickel base.\nAlso in the master bedroom, an Armani/Casa nickel desk with an embossed-leather top is framed by floor lamps and Japanese tansu chests.\nShimmering mosaic tiles sheathe the spa, where towels are stored on an Armani/Casa iron-and-leather textile rack."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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