We talk a lot here on Freshome about bedrooms, and bookcases. Today Point Architects from Tokyo combined a bed with a bookcase and the result was called the Uroko House. The incredible bookcase completely surrounds this bed, making him looks like an igloo made of books. Here is the step by step project of how the Uroko House was created, and I’ve got these pictures from Flickr. The final results looks good, but unfortunately is not to practical, and takes a lot of space. Anyway I’m sure that little kids will still love this project.







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Published by Michael February 26th, 2008 in Uncategorized
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February 27th, 2008 at 2:20 am
[...] The stairs bookcase was cool, but this is an entire igloo-like bookcase structure that you can actually use as a miniature dwelling. In fact, this “Uroko House” is built around a bed, which makes it one hell of a place to sleep for any kid—whether they like to read or not. There are no written instructions on how to make your own, but the images in the gallery help illustrate the process. [Flickr via Freshome] [...]
February 28th, 2008 at 2:11 am
[...] expensive bookshelves that I gaze at in longing — today, I hit the motherlode with this igloo of books surrounding a bed. When I showed my friend Julia, she said she’d probably never leave, and I concur [...]
February 28th, 2008 at 2:43 am
Wow. I would love to have this igloo book case. It makes for a cool place for the bed and hiding place. You can also put various books there. My bookcase can’t hold all of my things. But it does seem to take lots of space
March 19th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
[...] Meine persönlichen Favoriten sind das Stockbett, das zusammengeklappt zur Couch wird und die Betthöhle mit Bücherregal rundum. Und [...]
July 24th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
[...] C’est le genre de construction qui devrait donner envie de lire à tous les enfants. Il n’existe pas d’instructions écrites pour fabriquer la même, mais les photos après le saut illustrent le principe de construction: [Flickr via Freshome] [...]
August 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
[...] of space for all your books. It’s a bit hard to see, but the bed is inside the igloo. Freshome has the [...]
October 13th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
[...] pictures | The “igloo of books,” perhaps the greatest kids’ bedroom idea [...]
October 14th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Awwwwww, I wanna live in there!!!
October 19th, 2008 at 3:21 am
[...] the book igloo October 19, 2008 4:21 am admin gadgets “Igloo of Books” [...]
November 20th, 2008 at 4:40 am
What do you mean, “not too practical”?
I’ve had it in my flat for a year now and it is very practical, thank you!
Bed room is super cocoony and comfy, the shelves hold all the book we have without taking any wall space and the other side holds all of our clothes.
What’s not to love about it! And indeed, I believe our kid will love it as much as we do.
January 15th, 2009 at 3:48 am
This is incredible.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I am a Saints fan from Argentina. Very nice Saints information. I think Bress will be an eventual hall-of-famer with Colston and Bush.
I hope to be in New Orleans for a game this fall.