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
Shelf Fail or a Librarian’s Worst Nightmare
Think of it as Candid Camera visits the library.Please do not attempt at home, at the library or at the bookshop.h/t Dark Roasted Blend
Library Card Coffee Table
Tom Groves had an idea. He wanted to gather a collection of library cards from around the country for an art project. He emailed over 200 libraries across the country to see if they would be interested in sending him library cards.The final project would be determined by the amount of cards he received. "In the end, the number he got fit more or less perfectly on one of the coffee tables in the library," so that's what he did.He covered one of the existing coffee tables with the cards and then sealed them with a protective epoxy.This sign sits...
Charlie Brown’s Library Worries
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Inside the Library with Christoph Seelbach
Abbey Library in AustriaLuckily, one of the places German architectural photographer Christoph Seelbach likes to take pictures is at the library.Seelbach traverses his home country and other biblio hot-spots in Europe to capture the internal grandeur of the library. Abbey Library in Austria From the classic Abbey Library in Austria to the more contemporary City Library in Malmo, Sweden Seelbach invites us on a journey through these shrines to the printed word. former Jesuit College library in Amberg,University and State Library Halle, Germany Saxony State and University Library, Dresden City Library. Malmo, Sweden Seelbach seems to be following in the footsteps of fellow...