Shelf belief

‘Knowledge is something which doesn’t have a weight,’ Wolfgang Tschapeller says. He’s describing his design for the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library at Cornell, a renovation that opened up an airy space in the university campus’ historic Rand Hall. It is organised around a singular concept: a series of stacks made from metal grate and hung from the ceiling. The books appear to be almost floating, ephemeral.

‘There’s something