# Living on water

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2018-04-06

architectural-book, architecture, book, cabin, coffee-table-book, cottage, design, lake, living-on-water, monocle, monocle-magazine, monocle-on-design, ocean, phaidon, river, uncategorized, water

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Phaidon has a new architectural book out that surveys 55 homes, all of which have some sort of connection to water, whether that be an ocean, lake, river, or pool. It’s called [Living on Water](http://ca.phaidon.com/store/architecture/living-on-water-9780714875729/). I don’t (yet) have a copy, but it looks like the perfect coffee table book for a cottage, summer home, or studio apartment with zero connection to water. [Monocle on Design](https://monocle.com/radio/shows/monocle-on-design/) recently interviewed the editor of the book (podcast episode [here](https://monocle.com/radio/shows/monocle-on-design/338/)). So if beautiful homes on the water are your thing, maybe check it, and the book, out.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/living-on-water)*