Martina Vaccaro
Library design interior
Transform your library into a beautiful and functional space with these inspiring interior design ideas. Discover how to create a cozy and inviting atmosphere for reading and relaxation.
JKMM Architects Transforms a 1980s Concrete Library into an Inviting 'Public Living Room' in Finland - Interior Design
The small municipality of Kirkkonummi, in southern Finland, can trace its history back millennia, from a medieval stone church to World War II–era bunkers. Next to that church, JKMM Architects revitalized a concrete library from the 1980’s, the result not only the IIDA’s institutional category winner but also taking home the best of competition award. “Contemporary libraries are where people get together to share knowledge and experiences,” JKMM founding partner Teemu Kurkela says. “This is…
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The first two floors of the NAVER headquarters have been transformed into a library, where bookshelves and the ambience were designed differently to best suit each book category. The library has three different zones – a design zone, a magazine zone, and...
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Zdravka Nikolova
Focus Areas . Choose your favorite! . . . . . . . . #architecture #book #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #library #futuristic… | Instagram
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Diana Gaglione
Kirkkonummi Library Interior - JKMM
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Arch. Luigi Baroni
Books tend to be rectilinear. But that doesn’t mean their repositories have to be. For this library in Kumamoto, Japan, design director Kazunobu Nakamura conceived a system of curved shelves to evoke the Kikuchi River, which runs through the city, located on the island of Kyushu. The nearly 330 linear feet of bookcases—composed of steel columns supporting shelves of pale Japanese ash finished with clear urethane—wind through the 18,300-square-foot space, dividing it into discrete nooks.
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Lori Leinard
Books tend to be rectilinear. But that doesn’t mean their repositories have to be. For this library in Kumamoto, Japan, design director Kazunobu Nakamura conceived a system of curved shelves to evoke the Kikuchi River, which runs through the city, located on the island of Kyushu. The nearly 330 linear feet of bookcases—composed of steel columns supporting shelves of pale Japanese ash finished with clear urethane—wind through the 18,300-square-foot space, dividing it into discrete nooks.
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Destiny
Gallery of Cambridge Public Library wins Harleston Parker Medal / William Rawn Associates and Ann Beha Architects - 3
Image 3 of 8 from gallery of Cambridge Public Library wins Harleston Parker Medal / William Rawn Associates and Ann Beha Architects. © Robert Benson
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ClarissaCreates
3XN won the the architectural competition for a new educational building for Mälardalen University - a university college in Eskilstuna southwest of Stockholm.
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Dexigner
Saraiva Bookstore was conceived as a hybrid between a public square and a library, a place for conviviality, leisure, concentration and rest at the same..
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