Canadian studios Dan Hanganu Architectes and Côté Leahy Cardas Architectes have revamped the tent-like structure of a church in Quebec to create a modern library featuring coloured glazing, spiral staircases and lofty ceilings. More about Quebec church transformed into a library by Dan Hanganu and Côté Leahy Cardas
News: Dutch firm Mecanoo has won the competition to renovate Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. More about Mies van der Rohe's Washington library to be overhauled by Mecanoo
An all-encompassing timber lattice creates a sheltered gallery around the perimeter of this university library in the South American country of French Guiana by Paris studio RH+ Architecture (+ slideshow). More about University library by RH+ Architecture encased within a timber lattice
Mexican firm Taller 6A has renovated a library inside an eighteenth-century building in Mexico City, adding a bookshop with hundreds of wooden boxes on its walls, its ceilings, and under its glass floor (+ slideshow). More about Mexican library renovation by Taller 6A features bookshop covered in boxes
This children's library with rammed earth walls in Burundi was built by Belgian studio BC Architects and Studies and members of the local community, according to an open-source design template (+ slideshow). More about African children's library with rammed earth walls by BC Architects and Studies
A brass table with a gently rippled surface provides the reading area of this Japanese library dedicated to the sea and designed by Swedish studio ETAT arkitekter (+ slideshow). More about The Sea Library in Awashima by ETAT arkitekter
Here are the first photographs of Zaha Hadid's Library and Learning Centre at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, which opened last week in the city's second district. More about Library and Learning Centre in Vienna by Zaha Hadid Architects
Lisbon Architecture Triennale: Portuguese artist Marta Wengorovius teamed up with architect Francisco Aires Mateus to create this small wooden library that can be used by only one person at a time. More about One, Two and Many by Marta Wengorovius
Architecture studio Snøhetta of Oslo and New York has revealed designs for a community library in Queens, New York, with a shimmering golden exterior and a triangular entrance at one corner. More about Far Rockaway Branch Library by Snøhetta
This timber structure clad in recycled food packaging houses a temporary library and book exchange and was designed and built by architecture students in Cēsis, Latvia (+ slideshow). More about Story Tower by RTU International Architecture Summer School
Dutch studio Mecanoo has completed Europe's largest public library in Birmingham, England, with a sunken amphitheatre, rooftop gardens and a shimmering facade clad with interlocking metal rings (+ slideshow). More about Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo
An ancient archeological excavation determined the layout of this public library in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by Madrid architects Paredes Pedrosa. More about Public Library in Ceuta by Paredes Pedrosa
News: work has started on the Bibliothèque Multimédia à Vocation Régionale (BMVR) - an X-shaped public library designed by OMA for the old port area of Caen, northern France (+ slideshow). More about Work starts on OMA-designed library in Caen, France
News: Finnish studio ALA Architects has won the international competition to design a new public library in Helsinki with plans that involve a mass of twisted timber (+ slideshow). More about ALA Architects wins Helsinki library competition
News: British-Iraqi firm AMBS Architects has disclosed its designs for the first public library to be built in Iraq since the 1970s. More about Designs unveiled for new public library in Iraq
The faceted surfaces of this library in the French town of Montauban by Paris architecture studio Colboc Franzen & Associés follow the lines of historical roads bordering the site (+ slideshow). More about Montauban multimedia library by Colboc Franzen & Associés
Four courtyards penetrate the rectilinear volume of this concrete library in Spain by architects Ramon Esteve Estudio (+ slideshow). More about Biblioteca Sant Josep by Ramon Esteve Estudio
News: Herzog & de Meuron has been chosen to design the new National Library of Israel in Jerusalem after the initial competition winner was dismissed over a copyright dispute. More about Herzog & de Meuron wins second competition for National Library of Israel
Mexican architects Fernanda Canales and Arquitectura 911sc have wrapped a concrete and glass frame around the front of an old house in Mexico City to convert the building into a library (+ slideshow). More about Elena Garro Cultural Centre by Fernanda Canales and Arquitectura 911sc
Architecture firm Snøhetta has completed a library at North Carolina State University that features a robotic book retrieval system and a 3D printing workshop (+ slideshow). More about James B. Hunt Jr. Library by Snøhetta