Lantern Hall

The city asked for a library and a place to meet. We put both under long skylights, so the whole hall is lit from above and no seat is far from daylight.

A wide stone stair and a stack of oak stairs carry visitors up to the reading rooms. The landings are wide enough to stop on, and on the first day people did.

White plaster and oak inside, kept plain, so the light falling down the angled walls is the decoration.