Bennetts Associates converts Art Deco cinema into cultural centre in northern England
Bennetts Associates has renovated a 1930s cinema and added a brick, frosted-glass and copper extension to create this cultural centre in Chester, England. More
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Obama Presidential Library concept design unveiled in Chicago
The first images and models of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects' plans for the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago have been revealed. More
RDHA embeds stone and glass library into grassy Ontario hillside
This new public library by Canadian firm RDHA features a large slab that cantilevers over the landscape, a sloping green roof and an exterior stair that runs up the front of the building. More
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Rob Hootsmans adds serrated glass extension to stone-clad Dutch courthouse
Architect Rob Hootsmans has renovated a 1970s courthouse in the Dutch city of Zwolle and added a "transparent and approachable" extension featuring sawtoothed glass facades. More
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Curving wood-lined nooks create private reading spaces in Shanghai children's library
Huge arched doorways lead to a suite of cosy wood-lined reading nooks in this children's library in Shanghai, designed by Muxin Studio to be like a "giant toy". More
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Asaf Lerman updates Oscar Niemeyer's Haifa University library building in Israel
Tel Aviv architect Asaf Lerman has renovated a library building designed by Oscar Niemeyer for Israel's Haifa University, and added a new wing to complement its brutalist concrete and glass construction. More
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OMA's Qatar National Library nears completion in Doha
The angular concrete form of the OMA-designed Qatar National Library in Doha has been photographed by several Instagram users, ahead of its imminent completion. More
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Dominique Coulon & Associés gives library undulating walls like an "unfurling ribbon"
French office Dominique Coulon & Associés has completed a media library in Thionville, France, featuring a wavy facade that lifts up to reveal ribbons of glazing facing into curving courtyards. More
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OMA and Barcode Architects complete cross-shaped library in Normandy
OMA and Barcode Architects have unveiled their completed Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville – a library with a dramatic X-shaped plan in Caen, France. More
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects chosen to design Shanghai's new city library
Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has revealed its competition-winning designs for a new library in Shanghai featuring bands of glazing and wood-lined reading rooms. More
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Woman's inspiration library completed by Masayoshi Nakanishi in Japan
Architect Masayoshi Nakanishi has created a library with curving seating areas, which is aimed exclusively at women in Japan. More
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Wilkinson Eyre inserts contemporary details into Giles Gilbert Scott's Oxford University library
Wilkinson Eyre created a dramatic lightwell and a rooftop reading room for its revamp of a Giles Gilbert Scott-designed library at the University of Oxford – one of the six projects vying for the Stirling Prize later today. More
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Wright & Wright unveils first addition to London's historic Lambeth Palace in over 180 years
A red brick building designed for one of the UK's oldest libraries will be the first new addition to Lambeth Palace – the historic home of the Archbishop of Canterbury – in almost two centuries (+ slideshow). More
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Studio Padron creates secluded library in the woods of New York state
This tiny black cabin by US firm Studio Padron serves as a cosy library and guest house for a vacation home in upstate New York (+ slideshow). More
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ZAS creates Toronto library with curved walls and slanted windows
Canadian firm ZAS has completed a glass and aluminium-clad public library in suburban Toronto, which has a sculptural form influenced by a local rollercoaster (+ slideshow). More
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Obama selects Chicago's Jackson Park for presidential library site
US president Barack Obama has chosen Jackson Park in Chicago as the site to build the library that will commemorate his term in office. More
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KRONA centre by Mecanoo and Code features zigzagging concrete staircases
Mecanoo and Code: Arkitektur have completed a library and cultural centre in Kongsberg, Norway, which centres around an atrium with concrete staircases running across its walls and through its centre (+ slideshow). More
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Recycled ice cream tubs cover walls of elevated Microlibrary by Shau
Two thousand ice-cream tubs form the walls of this small community library in Bandung, Indonesia, and some of them have been perforated to display a subtle message (+ slideshow). More
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Studio Seilern hides secret library at the heart of converted English barn
A book-lined room is concealed behind secret doors in this 17th-century barn conversion carried out by Studio Seilern Architects at an estate in Oxfordshire, England (+ slideshow). More
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Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects chosen for Obama Presidential Library
Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have won the long-running competition to design the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. More
