How cool is this:





"Limited by space, we melded the idea of a staircase with our client's desire for a library to form a 'library staircase' in which English oak stair treads and shelves are both completely lined with books. With a skylight above lighting the staircase, it becomes the perfect place to stop and browse a tome. The stair structure was designed as an upside down 'sedan chair' structure (with Rodrigues Associates, Structural Engineers, London) that carries the whole weight of the stair and books back to the main structural walls of the building. It dangles from the upper floor thereby avoiding any complicated neighbour issues with the floors below."

I see Catch 22 in the first photo

looks very cramped and pokey....
i see it too allan ;)

That's an awesome idea!!

love it. fantastic use of space.

i like the idea...but it makes me feel claustrophobic just looking at the photos! it would be amazing if it was a bigger staircase, with a built in seat as well.

oh, but just to imagine dvds and fashion magazines compiled neatly... ...

love it, thats awesome!

sooo many books.....soooo many.

agreed a bench or a place to lie down to read would just top it off.

A hammock between the shelves

aahhhh how awesome that would be... to have a huge amount of money to build a home would be such a fantasty come true for us all i feel!