"No greater force for good can be introduced so economically into the life of a growing child or an ambitious young man or woman" than a Globe-Wernicke Sectional Bookcase.The bookcase "is a constant invitation to read" and the fact that it can expand "has the natural effect of subtly encouraging the reading habit.""In a hundred ways, Globe-Wernicke exclusive patented features facilitate this habit of reading books."This ad for appeared in the December, 1916 issue of The World's Work which was published by Doubleday, Page & Company.image by Book Patrol
An urban private library
Good things come in small packages. Look what architect Tim Seggerman came up with as part of a remodel of a tiny New York City apartment. A "library"that is about four feet high, four feet wide, and six feet deep. More images at Dwell
For books and other stuff. A multi-purpose folding screen
Check out this cool contraption for the urban dweller from Argentine designer Leonardo Fortunato.Notice the two brown sections of rectangular boards that become bookshelves with adaptable heights. One of the other sections doubles as a mirror and an ironing board.More at Tree HuggerMulti-Purpose Folding Screen Doubles as Library, Rack, Mirror and Ironing Board : TreeHugger:
The Alphabet Library
The library archives of the Department of Pierres Vives in Montpellier, France was in need of a new reading room. And luckily architect Stephane Hof was ready.The design comprises an entrance desk, an information desk, reading room tables and library shelves.Hof "combined the different functions of the program into a single object in order to create a new dialogue between the tables and the library and a continuous flow through the entire space. The tables bend around the back wall to form the library with each piece of the puzzle referencing a letter of the alphabet."via Fubiz
A Bookshelf Frames the View to the World Outside
Designer Fábio Galeazzo has hit a home run with his transformation of an abandoned house in São Paulo, Brazil into a stunning "Urban Cabin." One of the centerpieces of the design is a circular bookshelf that was built to enhance the view and "increase communication" between the internal and external spaces.Wow!Many more pictures of this amazing project at the Contemporist