Linden & Pike

Interiors, 2022

The Reading Room

A quiet room of arches and dark greens for a small branch library.

Client
Elm Street Library
Role
Interior design
Year
2022
A long Gothic reading room with dark wood arches, green-shaded lamps and rows of tables under a pointed window

Brief

A branch library wanted one room where people could read without being asked to be quiet.

Approach

We worked from sound first: soft surfaces low, curved walls high, and a row of deep arches that break up the long room into alcoves. The palette is dark green, brass and paper.

The domed main reading room of a great library with curved desks and arched windows seen from a high gallery

Outcome

A reading room with eight alcoves in the footprint of the old stacks.

Credits

  • Interior design: Linden & Pike
  • Client: Elm Street Library
  • Joinery: Fenwick Joinery

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