April 17th, 2013

Library Slide By Moon Hoon

via Colossal:

Architect Moon Hoon recently designed the Panorama House (scroll down), in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. One of the most unique features incorporated into the home is a wooden slide built directly into a library which also functions as a stair-stepped home theater seating area.

Click here to see more photos of the Library Slide!

January 22nd, 2013

El Ateneo Grand Splendid - Buenos Aires, Argentina

El Ateneo Grand Splendid in downtown Buenos Aires is a spectacular bookstore that retains all the glamour of its former life as a 1920s movie palace, with a original balconies, painted ceiling, ornate carvings and crimson stage curtains.

Click here for more stunning photos of El Ateneo!

December 31st, 2012

NYC Phone Booths Turned Into Free Mini Libraries

When was the last time you used a phone booth? Despite cell phones being as common as clothing, rarely-used metal phones booths still exist throughout New York City, but architect John Locke has created a clever way to give them new life.

Locke attached a pumpkin-orange set of shelves to an obsolete phone booth near 96th Street to create a mini, ultra-public library.

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