White Red Architects completes members-only study room in The British Library
White Red Architects has completed a study room for the members-only area of central London's The British Library, with interiors informed by the building's aesthetic.
The new room is located up on The British Library's second floor and will allow paid membership-holders to have their own quiet study area, away from the large-scale reading rooms that can be accessed by all members of the public.
When it came to developing its interiors, east London-based studio White Red Architects decided to look to the original material and colour palette of the library itself.
"This was a special commission for us. We spent some very intense weeks studying at The British Library leading up to our Part 3 professional exams and during that time we decided to set up White Red Architects ? so the building is very important to us," the studio's founder, Joe Haire, explained.
"There are a series of patterns and materials that repeat throughout the library both inside and out ? grids, circles, stacked rectangles in racing green, crimson, brass, timber and white," said Haire.
"We also referenced particular elements like the black steel stacked rectangles from the entrance gates, the square ceiling grid present in entrances and undercrofts, and the timber-lined phone booths," he continued.
At the centre of the study room is a long, black worktable surrounded by matching glossy chairs. The carpet laid underneath ? which is printed with pink, orange, blue and plum-p...
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