Eight domed structures built from rammed earth will distinguish the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library that architecture studio Adjaye Associates is developing in Johannesburg, South Africa. More
Chinese architecture studio MAD has designed a library in the city of Haikou, China that is intended "to be a wormhole that transcends time and space". More
Oslo's long-awaited Deichman Bjørvika central library, which stands alongside the Snøhetta-designed opera house on the city's waterfront, has opened to the public in Norway. More
Architecture firms Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen have been shortlisted to design a presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt in Medora, North Dakota. More
A hill-like green roof with a skylight helps to blend this public library by Toronto architecture firm RDHA into its grassy surrounds. More
Architecture firm Shau has built a library in Semarang, Indonesia, featuring a grand staircase, a net floor and a large communal swing. More
Steimle Architekten has converted a former barn in the village of Kressbronn am Bodensee, Germany, into a library and community centre with glazed openings screened by angled vertical louvres. More
Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects has revealed a new building for Ottawa's public library system, featuring a curvilinear roof and glass walls that offer expansive views of the city. More
Bamboo bookshelves line the triple-height atrium of a glass-walled capsule hotel and library in Zhejiang Province, China, by Atelier Tao+C. More
Architecture firm Wolfgang Tschapeller has renovated a library at Cornell University and added suspended shelving, which prompted criticisms about the potential for upskirting when it opened in earlier this year. More
Hunters Point Library in New York's Long Island City by Steven Holl Architects has been hit with a class action lawsuit for its "total disregard" of people with mobility disabilities. More
Steven Holl Architects has brushed off criticisms of its Hunters Point Library in Long Island City, which opened in September with a number of areas inaccessible to people with disabilities. More
Two terraces will be carved into the swooping, ceramic-clad facade of this public library that architecture firm Snøhetta has designed for Charlotte, North Carolina. More
A spectrum of vivid hues were incorporated throughout a mixed-use building in Chicago by John Ronan Architects that contains a public library at ground level and low-cost senior housing up above. More
Steven Holl Architects has completed a concrete public library in New York's Long Island City featuring large irregular windows that offer views of the waterfront and Manhattan. More
Curved wooden entrances are carved into this university library that Snøhetta has completed for Temple University in Philadelphia. More
White Red Architects has completed a study room for the members-only area of central London's The British Library, with interiors informed by the building's aesthetic. More
Mirrored ceilings and zigzag staircases help form the perplexing interiors of this bookstore in south-west China, which has been designed by architecture studio X+Living. More
Woven hemp chairs and pine reading tables are among the pieces that Emma Olbers Design has added in its renovation of the library in Stockholm's Nationalmuseum. More
Chinese architecture studio Geedesign has completed a library in Hefei, China, with arcing stone-clad walls, planted courtyards and roof terraces. More
