Built-in and Rotating Bookshelves at the Franz Kafka Society Center

The pictures of the newly renovated Franz Kafka Society Center in Prague left us swooning for a built-in bookshelf budget of our own. Designed by architects Steven Holl and Marcela Steinbachová, the library space is completely defined by bookshelves — including shelves that rotate 360 degrees, offering access to even more bookshelves...

The library houses Kafka's personal collection of books. Check out more information on the Society Center and more pictures of the space (including sketches and plans at dezeen. Via: dezeen.

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"Put za candle back!"

posted by Melinda on June 16th 2008 at 11:06am
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OK -- I need some of those rotating bookshelf things to deal with mine. Love my books. Sometimes hate having them all out in the open.

posted by dblitz1 on June 16th 2008 at 11:36am
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Beautiful!
Does anyone know a good carpenter around New York City that can build shelves like these (not the swiveling ones and all that jazz... don't have THAT many books).

posted by Ian B on June 16th 2008 at 11:56am
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LOL - Melinda!

posted by bepsf on June 16th 2008 at 1:38pm
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i'm all aflutter! i want to move right in.

ian b, in ny you should check out set-design shops at some of the smaller, off-broadway theatres and see if there's a starving artist who could do this for you!

posted by pinko on June 16th 2008 at 3:16pm
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