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#hightidesoclock Marco Gaggio

A small sampling of the images of Venice you will find on Marco Gaggio. This particular photoset highlights one of his series: the high tide series. A flooded St Mark’s Square, gondolas about to float inland, half sunken tables and chairs, all constant reminders of time and the power of nature.

Summer home in England | design by Platform 5 Architects

Lovely attic bedroom in an interesting apartment via Erik Olsson

Tuft | by North Sky Photography

Fallsview Residence Setless Archtecture

From the architect:

Sited above the intersection of Tew’s Falls and Webster’s falls on the Bruce Trail, this house makes a strong connection to a singular landscape. The Bruce Trail follows the edge of the Niagara escapment - a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve - from the Niagara River, almost 900 km to Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. On its way, the Trail passes through a mix of provincial land, Municipal and provincial conservation authorities and private land owners.

The main public rooms in the house open to the front to take advantage of the view, and the rolling seasonal mist. The rear of the house is a landscape unto itself. The tall, slender, Carolinian Forest provides a high canopy for the bustling forest bed. The bedrooms and patios were designed to enjoy this concealed natural space.

Libraries

I’m a Archi student from Pakistan. Currently in my 3 Year. Our new project is National Library. I don’t want to design some mainstream. Can you help me find a few case studies that you see are fit for the purpose. Thank you

Here are some of our favorite libraries featured on archatlas, identified from the top:

LiYuan Library Li Xiaodong Atelier

Pinch Library & Community Center John Lin

Vasconcelos Library Alberto Kalach

Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Library of Huxi TANGHUA ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATES

Seashore Library Vector Architects

Monique Corriveau Library Dan Hanganu + Côté Leahy Cardas Architects

City of St. Louis Public Library Central Library Expansion CannonDesign

Utrecht University Library Wiel Arets Architects 

Nest We Grow by UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design and Kengo Kuma & Associates.

-an elaborate timber community food hub recently constructed on the island of Hokkaido.