Collection by Jacqueline Leahy
Innovative Outdoor Libraries in Russia
Three ‘book-objects’ created by Alexander and Daria Kudmova Butahinoy of the Moscow-based Ruetemple Architectural Studio offer ways to store books and save space. Furnishing the outdoor, public space of Park Muzeon and its Bauman Garden, these ‘objects’ reimagine the book’s natural habitat while offering shelter to books and booklovers alike.
Enticed by the bookstand’s offerings, one reader picks and chooses, casually using the awning as a sunshade.
Constructed in Moscow’s Park Muzeon for Archiwood and Office 17, the book pavilion accommodates those with larger...
Thirsting for more than knowledge? Moving beyond books, the pavilion features a bar for those who fancy a nightcap...
This outdoor bench-bibliotheque brings new meaning to the phrase ‘surrounded by books.’ Promising to bring...
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