Norwegian Book Ark

I was delighted to come across the construction Ark by Norwegian architects Rintal Eggertsson in the V&A today. The architects intention was to show the continuing life of the book from sale item to archive by connecting the book shop and the art library on different floors. 6000 titles (many of them OOP titles) were used to fill the construction of the wooden stairwell. All the book spines face in and are browsable from inside the spiral stair structure only. Wonderful.

15 June-30 August 2010
1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces
Victoria and Albert Museum, London