The new architecture library at Delft University of Technology just opened featuring a spectacular front desk built out of recycled books. After the devastating fire in the Architecture building that took a portion of the library's reserve, the school set out to establish a new collection that would consist of the salvaged books that went unburned and a bounty of others newly purchased to replace the destroyed volumes. Opened less than a year after the engulfing inferno, the new library is a bright, cheery space of architecturally inspired elements and stacked to the brim with an endless amount of books!
that is so cool!! i hope it doesn’t tip over.
VEry nice creating here a desk collecting by the books….
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Link to the designers:
http://www.fokkema-partners.nl/Flashsite/FokkemaIndex.php#/Projects/Type/Education/TU%20Delft%20Bouwkunde
@pscholte, thanks for including a link to the designers!
[...] have seen desks, book shelves, and tables made from old books and magazines, but never an entire building — [...]
[...] READ MORE > Amazing Desk Made From Recycled Books at Delft University The colorful and carefully arranged desk is a testament to the school’s love for design and books. The strong, solid corners give the desk a solid foundation and the pattern has been arranged so that in some instances the spines of the books are turned out to reveal the title. Recycled books, journals and magazines [...] [...]
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It was dark when I woke. This is a ray of suhnisne.
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