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Article: Private study. (library built of warm wood in a house near Oslo, Norway)(Norway: Special Issue)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- August 1, 1996
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A new library built of warm wood for a '50s house near Oslo is a masterpiece of joinery. It forms a self-contained room for private silent study and contemplation.
In designing a library for an existing house, Carl-Viggo Holmebakk has called upon the Norwegian's traditional affiliation for wood, exploiting the intrinsic delight and warmth of the material to create a room for private study.
The house was built in 1953, in a residential suburb of Oslo and the new library is in the north-east corner of the house, with a window facing on to high spruce trees. It was conceived as something complete in itself, as a piece of furniture placed inside the existing ...
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