The Hotel Il Palazzo debuted in Fukuoka in 1989 as a pioneering designer hotel. This landmark was directed by Shigeru Uchida, who also designed its interior, with the architecture being designed by Aldo Rossi, one of the most iconic architects of the 20th century. Uchida desig ned the table clock DEAR VERA with a form similar to the hall clock DEAR MORRIS, which he created around the same time for this hotel.