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Sharing your shelf is, in a way, sharing yourself. Every element —from the titles you choose to the way you organize them— says something about your personality and your interests.
Who wouldn't want to cozy up in a library filled with dusty books and lush plants? But these images typically present bookcases just as a decorative element, superfluous to the actual design of the space. Like many things, when architects take on the design of bookcases they can become so much more: recessed and hidden, cantilevered, patterned, embedded...the list goes on!
We've rounded up some of the finest examples of bookcases that combine practicality with ingenuity
Maria Carolina / Sub Estúdio + Pedro Ivo Freire + Flávia Torres
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Casa DL / URBAstudios
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CZ7 Loft / 5ft2 Studio
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Greville Road Studio / Syte Architects
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Eaves House / mA-style architects
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The Long Brick House / Foldes Architects
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Bookshelf House / Shinsuke Fujii Architects
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Lincoln Roof Extension / Notan Office
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Photographer’s Loft / Desai Chia Architecture
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Architect's Workshop / Ruetemple
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Casa Ortega / Estudio A0
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CRID San Miguel Capiata / OCA
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Casa da Escrita / Joao Mendes Ribeiro
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CY Residence / Kedem Shinar Design & Architecture
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Casa Bacopari / Una Arquitetos
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SlrSrf / Open Source Architecture
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Estudio Mike / Daniel Moreno Flores + Margarida Marques
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Casa Varanda / Modo Designs
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Apartamento Terracota / AR Arquitetos
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Little House Big City / Office of Architecture
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Apartamento Sacadura Cabral / Morim Santos Silva Arquitectos
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House in Takatsuki / FujiwaraMuro Architects
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Flinders Lane Apartment / Clare Cousins Architects
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Casa em Estoril / TARGA atelier
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Apartamento Santos Dumont / Ateliê de Arquitetura
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Chameleon Villa / Word of Mouth House
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Paulista Apartment / Triptyque
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Casa Lopera / David Ruiz Molina
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Flat Renovation for a Photographer / Alia Bengana
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House 1101 / H-arquitectes
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TRN / JRKVC
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Earth Box / Equipo de Arquitectura
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House Savukvartsi / Honkarakenne
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Casa no Jardim Paulistano / GrupoSP
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Loft Space in Camben / Craft Space
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Haffenden House / PARA
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House for Booklovers and Cats / BFDO Architects
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Kobiler House / Architextit- Einat Erez-Kobiler
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Harcombe / forresterarchitects
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Casa GMG / Pedro Gadanho
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Casa Sumaré / Isay Weinfeld
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Loft no Itaim / FGMF Arquitetos
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Apartamento Pamplona / Zoom Urbanismo Arquitetura e Design
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Apartamento Riachuelo / 0E1 Arquitetos
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Sursock Apartment / platau
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Lishin Elementary School Library / TALI DESIGN
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Apartment at Luciano Cordeiro / Aurora Arquitectos
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Espace St-Denis / Anne Sophie Goneau
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Casa no Morro do Querosene / StudioGP
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ZTUDIO / mfrmgr
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BHMM House / Estudio JI Arquitectos
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Casa Tetris / Studio MK27
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Shelf-Pod / Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio
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GAD 511 / Patrícia Martinez Arquitetura
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Own House / Metaforma
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Casa Librería / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
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Casa Juranda / Apiacas Arquitetos
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Cotia Library Garden / IPEA
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Bookshelf House / Andrea Mosca Creative Studio
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Tower House / Austin Maynard Architects
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Casa Scout / BAAG
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Apartamento POSSAMAI / Sbardelotto Arquitetura + Atelier Aberto Arquitetura
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HOUSE 3/6 in Dongducheon / Y GROUP
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Note: This article was originally published on August 20, 2018, and updated on June 24, 2020.