Sited adjacent to an existing residence, this small private library houses a collection of Persian manuscripts and miniature paintings for a young family.

A simple material palette – polished concrete floor, bamboo plywood stairs and shelves, and insulated plate glass windows – frames a view of the southern garden. Zinc coated metal siding and a standing seam metal roof envelope a laminated column and beam structure. The roof profile is designed to collect and channel rain water and snow melt into a cistern located towards the rear.

Wellesley, MA, USA | 2006 | 85 sq.m

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