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  • Prefabricated modular library by Dot Architects built in just seven days

    Dot Architects has completed a school library in rural China constructed in a week by amateur builders using the WikiHouse open-source architecture platform. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 2 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • "Calgary's New Central Library is an example of the best practices in modern monument making"

    Why can't all public libraries be as warm and welcoming as Snøhetta and Dialog's New Central Library for Calgary, asks Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More

    Aaron Betsky | 14 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • COBE's wedge-shaped library references its modernist surroundings

    Danish architecture firm COBE has completed the wedge-shaped Tingbjerg Library and Culture House for a school in Copenhagen that narrows to a width of just 1.5 metres at either end. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 12 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Snøhetta and Dialog's New Central Library for Calgary features vast wood-lined atrium

    Architecture firms Snøhetta and Dialog have completed a new hub for Calgary's public library system, with a crystalline exterior and an atrium clad in timber slats. More

    Dan Howarth | 5 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps earthquake-resistant Christchurch library in golden screen

    Christchurch Central Library has been designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen as a "symbol of hope, unity, and rebirth" for the city in New Zealand, which was ravaged by an earthquake in 2011.  More

    India Block | 18 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Gonzalez Moix designs Biblioteca Sur community library in Lima

    A library by Gonzalez Moix Arquitectura is the latest addition to a cultural complex in the residential district of La Molina, Peru, which also includes a plaza, school, and public park. More

    James Brillon | 13 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Sameep Padora creates undulating brick roof to cover school library in India

    Sameep Padora & Associates looked at the forms of vaulted brick ceilings found in Catalonia to develop the complex curved roof of this extension to a children's library in the Indian town of Kopargaon. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 8 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Check out the best library design via our Pinterest board

    We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to libraries, including a MVRDV library designed to look like a huge 3D eyeball and a Shenzhen library in a park that features treetop walkways. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

     

    Fiona Hartley | 9 September 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Tonkin Liu transforms agricultural shed into "container for books and art"

    Architecture studio Tonkin Liu has converted a barn in the English county of Yorkshire into a house featuring a double-height library and a gallery space flanked at either end by huge windows. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 25 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • New York Public Library launches Insta Novels to make literature "more accessible"

    The New York Public Library is posting versions of classic books and accompanying animations to its Instagram stories, encouraging the digital generation to read more. More

    Bridget Cogley | 23 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Xiangmi Science Library connected to park by glazed walkway through treetops

    Cantilevered metal roofs shade the glazed walls of this library designed by MLA+, which is connected by a treetop walkway to Shenzhen's Xiangmi Park. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 11 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Kaan Architecten's Utopia combines music school and library

    Kaan Architecten has extended a 19th century school to create the Utopia building in Aalst, Belgium, which contains a music school and library. More

    Anna Winston | 9 July 2018 | Leave a comment
  • OMA's Qatar National Library opens in Doha

    Dutch architecture firm OMA has completed its Qatar National Library building in Doha, which features tiers of marble bookcases set within a single open-plan space. More

    India Block | 19 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Alabama architecture students convert historic bank into library for rural town

    A brick bank building in Alabama dating to the early 1900s has been transformed into a community library by Rural Studio, a student design-build programme dedicated to social projects. More

    Jenna McKnight | 13 December 2017 | 7 comments
  • Mecanoo reveals renovation plans for New York Public Library

    Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has unveiled its masterplan to overhaul the New York Public Library's main beaux-arts building on Fifth Avenue. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 16 November 2017 | 6 comments
  • David Adjaye's red library and events complex in Florida wins approval

    British architect David Adjaye's plans to create a "micro village" of red cultural buildings in Florida's Winter Park have been granted planning permission. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 15 November 2017 | 6 comments
  • Winning design revealed for new library at London's brutalist Thamesmead estate

    Architecture studio Bisset Adams has won a competition to design a lakeside library and community centre in southeast London, as part of a major overhaul of the brutalist Thamesmead estate. More

    Jessica Mairs | 13 November 2017 | 1 comment
  • MVRDV completes library shaped like a giant eye in Chinese city Tianjin

    Dutch firm MVRDV has built a public library that looks like a huge eye, as part of a new cultural district in Tianjin, China. More

    India Block | 4 November 2017 | 26 comments
  • OFIS Arhitekti uses modular Living Units to create pop-up library overlooking Ljubljana

    Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has found a new use for the micro house it designed earlier this year – the modular structure recently served as a temporary library in the grounds of Ljubljana Castle. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 29 October 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Alvar Aalto library renovation wins Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2017

    The Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2017 was awarded for the overhaul of the Harald Herlin Learning Centre, which was originally designed by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto, along with several other buildings on the campus.

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    India Block | 9 October 2017 | 4 comments
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