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Images of the desert: Arabian library, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA by Richärd + Bauer.

Canyon slot

Photos: Bill Timmerman and Mark Boisclair.

One of the wonderful things about old Western films is the amazing scenery of places like Monument Valley. The natural geological features in Arizona known as desert slots, are narrow passes through red sandstone rock formations. They open and narrow according to the resilience of the rock to the eroding forces that created them. The massive side walls sometimes overhang compressing the narrow space further, whilst sudden openings reveal a seemingly infinite sky. This natural modulation of space has inspired the firm Richärd + Bauer in its design for the Arabian library in Scottsdale, Arizona. Read more

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3ndy Studio restoration of the Palazzo di Vigonovo “Campiello” in Venice

Cor-ten steel facadeIt is 30 years since a devastating fire ripped through the 17th century Palazzo di Vigonovo near Venice, a building known affectionately by local people as “Campiello”.

From those miserable, choking ashes a new Campiello has now emerged. Totally renovated, and what little remained of its historical character restored, it has also assumed a new contemporary identity. Read more

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