Home Library Architecture: 63 Smart & Creative Bookcase Designs
Sharing your shelf is, in a way, sharing yourself. Every element – from the titles you choose to the way you organize them – says something about your personality and your interests.
Images of bookcases have become explosively popular online in recent years, tapping into trends around hygge and #architectureporn. Who wouldn’t want to cozy up in a library filled with dusty books and lush plants? But these images typically present bookcases just as a decorative element, superfluous to the actual design of the space.
Like many things, when architects take on the design of bookcases they can become so much more: recessed and hidden, cantilevered, patterned, embedded…the list goes on! We’ve rounded up some of the finest examples of bookcases that combine practicality with ingenuity. Read on for more:
Maria Carolina / Sub Estúdio + Pedro Ivo Freire + Flávia Torres
Greville Road Studio / Syte Architects
Eaves House / mA-style architects
The Long Brick House / Foldes Architects
Bookshelf House / Shinsuke Fujii Architects
Lincoln Roof Extension / Notan Office
Photographer’s Loft / Desai Chia Architecture
Architect’s Workshop / Ruetemple
Casa da Escrita / Joao Mendes Ribeiro
CY Residence / Kedem Shinar Design & Architecture
Casa Bacopari / Una Arquitetos
SlrSrf / Open Source Architecture
Estudio Mike / Daniel Moreno Flores + Margarida Marques
Apartamento Terracota / AR Arquitetos
Little House Big City / Office of Architecture
Apartamento Sacadura Cabral / Morim Santos Silva Arquitectos
House in Takatsuki / FujiwaraMuro Architects
Flinders Lane Apartment / Clare Cousins Architects
Casa em Estoril / TARGA atelier
Apartamento Santos Dumont / Ateliê de Arquitetura
Chameleon Villa / Word of Mouth House
Paulista Apartment / Triptyque
Casa Lopera / David Ruiz Molina
Flat Renovation for a Photographer / Alia Bengana
Earth Box / Equipo de Arquitectura
House Savukvartsi / Honkarakenne
Casa no Jardim Paulistano / GrupoSP
Loft Space in Camben / Craft Space
House for Booklovers and Cats / BFDO Architects
Kobiler House / Architextit- Einat Erez-Kobiler
Harcombe / forresterarchitects
Loft no Itaim / FGMF Arquitetos
Apartamento Pamplona / Zoom Urbanismo Arquitetura e Design
Apartamento Riachuelo / 0E1 Arquitetos
Lishin Elementary School Library / TALI DESIGN
Apartment at Luciano Cordeiro / Aurora Arquitectos
Espace St-Denis / Anne Sophie Goneau
Casa no Morro do Querosene / StudioGP
BHMM House / Estudio JI Arquitectos
Shelf-Pod / Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio
GAD 511 / Patrícia Martinez Arquitetura
Casa Librería / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Casa Juranda / Apiacas Arquitetos
Bookshelf House / Andrea Mosca Creative Studio
Tower House / Austin Maynard Architects
Apartamento POSSAMAI / Sbardelotto Arquitetura + Atelier Aberto Arquitetura
HOUSE 3/6 in Dongducheon / Y GROUP
Available in: https://www.autodesk.com/redshift/rooftop-architecture. Accessed in: 10/29/2018.
