Libraries

Atelier Masōmī designs raw-earth-brick presidential library in Liberia

April 17, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Niger-based Atelier Masōmī has unveiled a library in Monrovia dedicated to the Liberia’s former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, which will contain exhibitions designed by South African architect Sumayya Vally. Informed by Liberian palava huts, the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) will consist of a cluster of dramatically mono-pitched structures. It will house

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Dezeen Debate features “instant icon” library by Heatherwick Studios

April 6, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Heatherwick Studio’s designs for its first public library, a plant-covered building in Maryland, US. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Heatherwick Studio envisions the building, planned for the 1960s community of Columbia near Baltimore, acting not only as a library but also as a community centre and events space.

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Superkül renovates reading room at Toronto’s brutalist Robarts Library

March 12, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Superkül has updated the reading room at the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library, a notable example of brutalist architecture. The project involved renovating the cavernous concrete space on the building’s fourth floor, as part of the university’s larger initiative to revitalise the Robarts Library, which Superkül described as “one of North America’s most

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Atak Architekti creates library for Liberec by restoring and extending a former rectory

March 1, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Czech studio Atak Architekti has added a metal-clad extension to a former rectory building to create a library and multifunctional community spaces for the city of Liberec in the Czech Republic. Designed for the local municipality in the southeastern district of Vratislavice, the IGI Library was designed to create a new public hub for the

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Space10 invites public into its Copenhagen HQ with kiosk-like design library

January 24, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

IKEA’s innovation lab Space10 has worked with interior designers Spacon & X to transform the ground floor of its headquarters into a library and community space, with a look that is meant to recall a simple kiosk. Located in a former fish factory in the city’s Meatpacking District, Space10’s offices now include a library of

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Hacker overhauls “fortress-like” brutalist library in Oregon

January 18, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Colourful furnishings and large stretches of glass feature in a 1970s library building that has been updated by US studio Hacker Architects. The three-storey, concrete library is located next to City Hall in downtown Salem, the capital of Oregon. Encompassing 96,000 square feet (8,919 square metres), the building was originally designed by American architect George

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MVRDV reveals plans for “stepped terraces of books” in Wuhan Library

January 10, 2023 James Parkes 0

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled designs for a 140,000 square metre library in Wuhan, China, with a sweeping form that takes cues from the topography of its surroundings. Set to become one of China’s biggest libraries and a landmark for the central, Chinese city, the Wuhan Library will be located beside the Baofend Overpass

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WORKac blends old and new at Adams Street Library in Brooklyn

January 2, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Sculptural walls and tangerine hues feature in a public library by New York studio WORKac that is housed in a former torpedo factory. Adams Street Library is the first new branch established by the Brooklyn library system in more than 20 years. Situated along the East River under the Manhattan Bridge, the library is within

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Bruno Gaudin Architectes completes 15-year transformation of National Library of France

December 27, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

French practice Bruno Gaudin Architectes has completed a 15-year project to renovate and open up the historic rue de Richelieu site of the National Library of France in Paris, incorporating new public routes and spaces. Completed in the late 19th century by architect Henri Labrouste, the library is considered a masterpiece of the Beaux Arts

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Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli unites old and new at town library in Italy

December 21, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Italian architecture studio Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli has completed the Brixen Public Library in South Tyrol, uniting a cluster of old civic buildings with a contemporary, angular addition. Overlooking Brixen’s central square alongside the town’s cathedral and Bishop’s Palace, the project combines three former finance, court and prison buildings. “This is not a library intended as

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