Movie: architect Piers Gough of CZWG and structural engineer Hanif Kara explain their design for Canada Water Library, a bronzed, hexagonal building on a constrained site in south London, in this movie by filmmakers Living Projects. More about Movie: Canada Water Library by CZWG
Chunky wooden ribs bend around the walls and ceiling of this library in Norway by Helen & Hard Architects and integrate lighting, bookshelves and seating. More about Vennesla Library and Cultural Centre by Helen & Hard Architects
This library by London architects Studio Egret West looks like a row of books (+ slideshow). More about Clapham Library by Studio Egret West
The second of two new libraries in Washington DC by architects Adjaye Associates comprises grey concrete blocks with yellow timber fins. More about The William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library by Adjaye Associates
A chequered facade of timber and glass surrounds one of two new neighbourhood libraries by Adjaye Associates to open in Washington DC. More about The Francis Gregory Library by Adjaye Associates
New York architect Joel Sanders has overhauled a library at Princeton University by installing interactive technology and colour-coded study areas (+ slideshow). More about Princeton University Julian Street Library by Joel Sanders
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Slideshow: just like the museum we published yesterday, this library in Worcester, England, by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is covered with shimmering squares of golden metal. More about The Hive by Feilden CleggBradley Studios
Daylight floods into the reading rooms of this Chilean library though the high level windows of faceted ventilation stacks. More about Taltal Public Library by Murúa-Valenzuela
Architects CZWG have completed a bronzed, hexagonal library that leans across a dock in south London. More about Canada Water Library by CZWG
The public library for an arts centre in South Korea is condensed into a cube at the centre of a room. More about Nam June Paik Library by N H D M
Paris architects Béal & Blanckaert have completed a Corten-clad library in the grounds of a monastery in northern France (photos by Julien Lanoo). More about Médiathèque Corbie by Béal & Blanckaert
Photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre has sent us these photographs of a curved concrete library in San Sebastian with a narrow courtyard driven through its centre. More about Carlos Santamaría Centre by JAAM
Architect Li Xiaodong has completed a library in China that's covered in firewood. More about Liyuan Library by Li Xiaodong
A mosaic rainbow of glazed ceramic tiles lines an egg-shaped dome at the heart of a library in Pécs, Hungary. More about Regional Library and Knowledge Centre by Török és Balázs Építészeti
Criss-crossing metal beams surround a first floor reading room at a multimedia library near Paris. More about Médiathèque Romain Rolland by Philippe Gazeau
Around 6000 holes puncture the concrete exterior of this library in Kanazawa, Japan, by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba of Japanese firm Coelacanth K&H Architects. More about Kanazawa Umimirai Library by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba / Coelacanth K&H Architects
Dezeen Archive: following our popular story on Musashino Art University Library by Sou Fujimoto Architects (top right) composed of timber bookshelves, we’ve grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archives about libraries. See all the stories »
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these photographs of a university library in Tokyo by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto that has an exterior of timber shelves covered by planes of glass. More about Musashino Art University Library by Sou Fujimoto Architects
This curled staircase is at the heart of a media centre by German studio Wurm + Wurm, in Germany. More about Oberkirch Media Centre by Wurm + Wurm