Libraries
MAYU Architects updates library in Taiwan with glass-walled foyer and white cladding
3andwich Design tops clifftop library in China with circular pool
Adjaye Associates completes rose-hued culture hub in Florida
Mecanoo and OTJ Architects complete renovation of Mies van der Rohe’s Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library
Ten home libraries that showcase their owners’ book collections
Atelier Xi transforms abandoned house into library with curved concrete walls
Aluminium “wizard hat” tops New York library renovation by Mecanoo
Cobe reveals design for Gothenburg University Library with facade curved like book pages
MAD completes amorphous concrete library in China
JKMM Architects extends 1980s library to create “public living room” for Kirkkonummi
Hawkins\Brown and Schmidt Hammer Lassen design university library as “new landmark for Bristol”
Kengo Kuma designs curved library dedicated to Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen
Mariam Kamara and Sumayya Vally to design presidential library in Liberia
Snøhetta designs library in Beijing to resemble a ginkgo-tree forest
Feelings Library provides Londoners with space to journal and improve mental health
Bruno Gaudin Architectes creates university library in France with colonnaded “wind tower”
Minecraft library provides gamers with “a safe haven for press freedom”
Hastings Architecture converts 1960s Nashville library into its own headquarters
Toshiko Mori revamps Brooklyn’s Central Library
RSAAW adds double-height library during Vancouver home renovation
Dominique Coulon & Associés adds curved glass extension to library in a renovated French manor
A library in Norway designed by Kengo Kuma features in today’s Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Mecanoo designs Macau Central Library with light-filtering facade informed by books