Posts Tagged ‘reading’
Where am I reading?
September 29, 2016
A 19th century structure removed from context and re-imagined. A spiraling staircase – a fragment of a coil – standing in half shadow. It’s no longer a means to go somewhere, it has become the somewhere. Once held up by four walls, it is now re-mastered and self-supporting. Leavened by gravity and steel, heavy as the shadows. The oak and pine is pitted with a century and a half of daily rituals. It was discovered as a crumbling splinter of its former self. Careful, painstaking repairs have paved the way for its new function. A discrete yet bold intervention – a seat in place of steps, where dark cushions encourage you to pause. An old thoroughfare is now a place to stop, and read. In solitary contemplation, or intimate recital. The Reading Steps disorder the previous function, and create a new calm certainty. It’s about the beauty of a quiet disruption.
Where am I reading?
October 4, 2015
I love this idea. I am trying to think of a way to incorporate an easy chair and a fridge into the staircase. Then I would be all set (almost).
These are from the bookshelf blog.
What do I think is a good idea?
August 1, 2013
This article from the New York Times about hotels who are adding book lounges in public areas in order to take advantage of the book reading, coffee (or whatever) drinking population.
I saw the reference at Bookshelf.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 