[2] The north façade has a projecting central portico-loggia that is a flexible living space out of the sun and open to cooling breezes.

[3] Rooms of inter-related proportions composed of squares and rectangles flank a central axial vista, which extends through the house.

Other artistic endeavors that occupy the villa include six sculptural portraits portraying important figures to the family.

Drayton Hall in Charleston, South Carolina is one example of an American structure that boasts this specific feature from Palladio's architecture.

Rush and his wife, Julia, restored the villa and furnished it with antiques over a period of twenty years under the supervision of the Superintendent of Monuments.

Existing since the 1550's, the Villa required some restoration, including but not limited to pillars damaged by American Planes During World War II .