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Metro Deco library in walnut around a curved glass wall

Libraries

Rooms built around what you keep. Bookcases, ladders, reading seats and lit cabinets drawn to the proportions of the room.

Drawn around the way you live.

A library is the most architectural piece of joinery in a house: it sets the rhythm of the walls and holds a lifetime of books and objects.

We measure what will live on the shelves before we draw a single bay, then make the cases, mouldings and ladders in our workshop.

What we make

  • Full-height bookcases
  • Library ladders and rails
  • Window and reading seats
  • Lit display cabinets
  • Panelled doors and jambs

Materials we work with

Timber
Walnut, black walnut and oak
Finishes
Hand-waxed or hand-sprayed lacquer
Metalwork
Bronze rails, brass picture lights
Textiles
Leather shelf edging, wool and velvet seats

The room, in detail.

Metro Deco library in walnut around a curved glass wall
Metro Deco library in walnut around a curved glass wall.
Black walnut library around a curved glass wall
Black walnut library around a curved glass wall.
Alpha Deco library in English white
Alpha Deco library in English white.
Arched walnut doorway to a library
Arched walnut doorway to a library.
Walnut library wall around a carved fireplace
Walnut library wall around a carved fireplace.
Double-height library with walnut shelving and a glazed gallery
Library, walnut shelving, double height
White built-in display cabinets with lit glass shelves beside a navy sofa
Built-in display cabinets with lit glass shelves.
Library lounge in white panelling around a fireplace and bay window
Library lounge, white panelling

From first visit to handover.

Our approach in full

  1. Brief and site visit

  2. Concept design

  3. Specification

  4. Making

  5. Installation and supervision

  6. Handover

Questions clients ask

Can you work with my architect or contractor?

Yes. We coordinate our drawings with your architect and consultants, and our team supervises the installation of our work on site.

Is everything made in your workshop?

Our workshop makes the project details itself. For certain crafts we work with selected artisans, held to the same standard.

How long does a commission take?

It depends on the scope. We agree a schedule with you at concept stage, and your project manager reports against it throughout.

Can you take on design only, or making only?

Yes. Each service can be commissioned on its own, or together as a turnkey project with one contract and one team.

Where do you work?

Our studio and showroom are in Ho Chi Minh City. We have completed residences in the city and in Can Tho; please contact us about projects elsewhere.

Study in figured mahogany with glazed bookcases
StudiesNext space

Plan your library with us.

Visit the showroom by appointment, or invite us to the site.

Arrange a private consultation