Architect: Antonin Ziegler. Photography courtesy of Antonin Ziegler.
For a bookworm client, Paris-based architect Antonin Ziegler built a freestanding library annex to a country house in Senneville-sur-Fécamp on the northern coast of France. Come with us on a tour of the spectacular building.
The library is connected to the existing house by a glazed passageway.
A staircase from the kitchen in the main house leads to the library.
Ceiling pendants and strip lighting illuminate the plywood-clad interior.
The exterior siding is blackened with pine tar.
Windows frame views of a nearby village, meadows, and grassy lawn.
The pale plywood turns a warm golden color in the afternoon sun.
The staircase from the main house rises from the floor in the library.