An Exceptional Ceiling

Clerestory windows provide indirect lighting to this library in a turret attached to the end of the house.

By Brian Vanden Brink

Photo © Brian Vanden Brink | Design: Shope Reno Wharton Architecture

This dramatic ceiling in a coastal Rhode Island home library immediately draws the eye upward when entering the room. Designed by Arthur Hanlon of Shope Reno Wharton Architects, the library itself is in a turret attached to the end of the house. The primary material is mahogany with the trusses resembling those of a gothic cathedral. Clerestory windows provide indirect lighting, with remote control shades adding additional light modification. A beautifully designed and executed space …

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TinyHouseCult | Mar 28, 2017 12:56am | #1
It's a great effect, the choice of lighting fixture in the middle is particularly inspired. Here I think building meets art.

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An Exceptional Ceiling

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