Reading nook and a hidden room added in London house extension
Architecture practice Thomas-McBrien extended a London house, adding a oak-lined reading nook and a utility room hidden behind a secret door along with a kitchen and dining space. More
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Rise Design Studio adds Douglas fir-lined reading nooks to London house
Rise Design Studio has completed an extension for a house in London, cladding the interiors in Douglas fir and creating a reading nooks in windows. More
10 residential spaces designed for reading books
Influenced by Sam Jacob's micro cabin for MINI, we've rounded up homes that contain libraries for this week's Pinterest roundup. Examples range from tiny reading nooks to sprawling rooms stuffed floor-to-ceiling with books. More
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Curving wood-lined nooks create private reading spaces in Shanghai children's library
Huge arched doorways lead to a suite of cosy wood-lined reading nooks in this children's library in Shanghai, designed by Muxin Studio to be like a "giant toy". More
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Scenario Architecture founders add glass-roofed extension to their own London home
Architects Ran Ankory and Maya Carni of Scenario Architecture have opened up the interior of their Victorian terraced house in north London and added a glazed extension at the rear. More
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Wedge-shaped reading and sleeping nooks feature in Christopher Polly's Sydney extension
Australian architect Christopher Polly has added an asymmetric extension to an early 20th-century house in Sydney, creating a bright double-height living space filled with Modernist furniture (+ slideshow). More
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Hibino Sekkei and Youji no Shiro's kindergarten features house-shaped reading nooks
Japanese studios Hibino Sekkei and Youji no Shiro have returned to a kindergarten building in Kanagawa Prefecture they designed 42 years ago, updating it to suit modern teaching styles (+ movie). More
