Once-Future Office

Fairy Tale Architecture

Bringing enchantment to spatially imagined folklore

Environments, Print

Collaborators: Kate Bernheimer, Andy Bernheimer

Fairy Tale Architecture is a collection of architectural studies that brings internationally recognized architects such as Bernheimer Architecture, Snøhetta, LEVENBETTS, SO–IL, and LTL Architects in conversation with the age-old fairy tales we’ve come to know and love. Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Snow Queen, Goodnight Moon, along with fifteen other stories were reimagined for a visual catalog of unbuilt structures that explore the relationship between fairy tales and speculative architecture.

 

The book design invites the reader into a space of wonder, darkness and light, new forms for a sense of happily ever after. Our subsequent exhibition design for the Center for Architecture brings the spatially imagined tales to a larger scale from light to dark “cabinets of curiosities” which remind us of the sometimes dark and twisted undertones of some of our favorite childhood stories. 

Once–Future Office Fairy Tale Architecture Book
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Title Wall
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Table of Contents
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Book Detail
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Book Detail
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Exhibition Wall
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Exhibition One Grain of Rice
Once–Future Office Fairy Tale Architecture Book Detail
Once–Future Office Fairy Tale Architecture Book Detail
Once–Future Office Fairy Tale Architecture Book Detail
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Exhibition Hallway
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Exhibition Light Princess
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Exhibition Cabinet
Once–Future Office 2022 Fairy Tale Architecture Exhibition Model
Once–Future Office Fairy Tale Architecture Book Detail
Once–Future Office Fairy Tale Architecture Book Detail
Once–Future Office Fairy Tale Architecture Book Detail
Once–Future Office Fairy Tale Architecture Story Time Room
Once–Future Office Fairy Tale Architecture Bookmarks

Photos by Asya Gorovits