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Dujiangyan Zhongshuge Magic Castle Bookstore China
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Your eyes aren’t playing tricks, the Dujiangyan Zhongshuge bookstore, nicknamed “Magic Castle”, located in southwest China’s Sichuan province, appears to be filled to brim with never ending publications. To be more specific, it’s home to over 80,000 volumes in more than 20,000 genres, and looks the way it does using black-tiled floors, paired with mirrored ceilings, resulting in an infinity mirror-like effect.

Mountain House Cliff Milad Eshtiyaghi
Photo credit: Milad Eshtiyaghi
Located in Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada, the “Mountain House” by architect Milad Eshtiyaghi may seem perilous, but this cliff hanging living space offers unparalleled views of its surroundings. The idea stems from the fact that its base was already there on the site of four old trees, so the architect wanted to build around them and make the space between, a backyard of sorts