All photographs/images Christine Facer (copyright 2008)   VENETIAN ROOF TERRACE A small space on the rooftops of this 17th century house in the heart of Venice with views of the Canale Grande has been transformed into an exciting contemporary area for dining and chilling out. A new balustrade of layers of steel mesh overlaid to give a moiré pattern encloses the area with new flooring of marble interspersed with polished steel strips with recessed fibre optic lighting. As the owners are not always in residence, fake Buxus balls in galvanised planters line a wall overlooking the Salute whilst other planters contain fake grass. A bespoke corner upright water feature completes the scene.