Houses carved out of blocks of books

"Built of Books" is a series of sculptures from Dutch artist Frank Halmans -- houses carved out of blocks of stuck-together books.

dutch artist frank halmans explores themes of domesticity and memory through his sculptural installations. his series 'built of books' employs vintage publications - the selected titles have no particular meaning and are not exceptional literary works - which he arranges into stacks. lining them up along shelves, he carving windows and doors through each, creating sets of imaginary buildings and interiors in each section of volumes. in a way these spaces which he slices through the books, stand as a metaphor and the idea of moving through something, whether it be a literary passage, or a physical expanse.

built of books [Andrea/Designboom]

(via Neatorama)

• [Daneel]

  In before someone laments the destruction of old books?

• [Mike Robinson]

  It’s bigger on the inside

• [redesigned]

  that is a really tall house, just think home many stories it has!  :-)  har dee har har….

• [Jim Schmidt]

  The fairy door at the Ann Arbor Public Library works the same way, but their books stick to a theme :)

  http://urban-fairies.com/locationspages/AnnArborDistrictLibrary.html

• [kmoser]

  In a way these spaces which he slices through the books, stand as a metaphor and the idea of moving through something, whether it be a literary passage, or a physical expanse.

  Or maybe they’re just neat book sculptures that don’t stand for anything.

  • [Alpacaman]

    The author is dead.