One Really Big Window (Or a whole lot of Really Little Shelves) [Architecture]

Jan 28th 2011
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It’s nice to have windows. In a more utilitarian sense, it’s nice to have shelves. The architects of this house within the Swedish countryside found out easy methods to have both on a similar wall to great effect.

Spröjs House, an extension of a Swedish home designed by Visiondivision, has space for a master suite, a breakfast area and storage. Some of that storage comes inside the sort of shelves which divide a windowed wall into a neat grid.

Very clever! That glare need to be a bitch, though. [ Designboom , Image credit: Clive Jenkins, Visiondivision]

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