Spiralling library by Atelier Xi "unfolds like a scroll painting"
The spiral shape of a conch shell informed the Serpentine Bookhouse in Shenzhen, China, a library that has been designed by local architecture studio Atelier Xi. More
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Snøhetta breaks ground on Charlotte library with "translucent prow"
International architecture studio Snøhetta has broken ground on a new public library for Charlotte, North Carolina, which will feature a warped rectangular facade and generous cantilever. More
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Studio Gang to design Clinton Presidential Center expansion in Arkansas
Chicago-based architecture firm Studio Gang has been selected to renovate and expand the Clinton Presidential Center, a library and museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. More
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Atelier Masōmī designs raw-earth-brick presidential library in Liberia
Niger-based Atelier Masōmī has unveiled a library in Monrovia dedicated to Liberia's former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, which will contain exhibitions designed by South African architect Sumayya Vally. More
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Dezeen Debate features "instant icon" library by Heatherwick Studios
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. More
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Superkül renovates reading room at Toronto's brutalist Robarts Library
Canadian studio Superkül has updated the reading room at the University of Toronto's Robarts Library, a notable example of brutalist architecture. More
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Atak Architekti creates Liberec library by restoring and extending a former rectory
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. More
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Space10 invites public into its Copenhagen HQ with kiosk-like design library
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. More
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Hacker overhauls "fortress-like" brutalist library in Oregon
Colourful furnishings and large stretches of glass feature in a 1970s library building that has been updated by US studio Hacker Architects. More
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MVRDV reveals plans for Wuhan Library with "stepped terraces of books"
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. More
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WORKac blends old and new at Adams Street Library in Brooklyn
Sculptural walls and tangerine hues feature in a public library by New York studio WORKac that is housed in a former torpedo factory. More
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Bruno Gaudin Architectes completes 15-year transformation of National Library of France
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. More
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Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli unites old and new at town library in Italy
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. More
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C20 campaigns for Peckham Library to be made UK's first 21st-century listed building
Architectural charity Twentieth Century Society has made a bid for architect Will Alsop's Peckham Library to become the first 21st-century building in the UK to receive protected status. More
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MAD's undulating concrete library "doesn't say too much" says Ma Yansong
In the first instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim, MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong explains how his studio's sinuous concrete library in Haikou, China, encourages visitors to use their imagination. More
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Studio Weave adds wood-lined community space to east London library
Architecture practice Studio Weave has added a wood-lined community centre to Lea Bridge Library in east London, with a red-concrete colonnade that references the original grade II-listed redbrick building. More
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Crawshaw Architects transforms cow shed into Stanbridge Mill Library
London studio Crawshaw Architects has transformed a former cow shed in Dorset into a library and office, organised around a wooden, barrel-vaulted arcade that references the client's collection of books on classical Palladian architecture. More
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The New Library at Magdalene College by Niall McLaughlin Architects wins 2022 Stirling Prize
A brick and timber library that Niall McLaughlin Architects created for the University of Cambridge has been revealed as the winner of the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize. More
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Atelier Tao+C creates serene timber and travertine reading room
Two vacant ground-floor rooms and an adjoining greenhouse were knocked together and lined with bookshelves to form this private library, designed by Atelier Tao+C for a venture capital firm in Shanghai. More
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Gables and chimneys inform Magdalene College library by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Niall McLaughlin Architects referenced the brick and timber architecture of the University of Cambridge's historic Magdalene College in the design of its Stirling Prize-shortlisted New Library. More
