Architectural charity Twentieth Century Society has made a bid for architect Will Alsop's Peckham Library to become the first 21st-century building in the UK to receive protected status. More about C20 campaigns for Peckham Library to be made UK's first 21st-century listed building
In the first instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim, MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong explains how his studio's sinuous concrete library in Haikou, China, encourages visitors to use their imagination. More about MAD's undulating concrete library "doesn't say too much" says Ma Yansong
Architecture practice Studio Weave has added a wood-lined community centre to Lea Bridge Library in east London, with a red-concrete colonnade that references the original grade II-listed redbrick building. More about Studio Weave adds wood-lined community space to east London library
London studio Crawshaw Architects has transformed a former cowshed in Dorset into a library and office, organised around a wooden, barrel-vaulted arcade that references the client's collection of books on classical Palladian architecture. More about Crawshaw Architects transforms cowshed into Stanbridge Mill Library
A brick and timber library that Niall McLaughlin Architects created for the University of Cambridge has been revealed as the winner of the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize. More about The New Library at Magdalene College by Niall McLaughlin Architects wins 2022 Stirling Prize
Two vacant ground-floor rooms and an adjoining greenhouse were knocked together and lined with bookshelves to form this private library, designed by Atelier Tao+C for a venture capital firm in Shanghai. More about Atelier Tao+C creates serene timber and travertine reading room
Niall McLaughlin Architects referenced the brick and timber architecture of the University of Cambridge's historic Magdalene College in the design of its Stirling Prize-shortlisted New Library. More about Gables and chimneys inform Magdalene College library by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Architecture research studio Condition_Lab has completed the Pingtan Book House in China's Hunan province, which features a double-helix staircase designed to provide space for children to read and play. More about Condition_Lab intertwines spiral staircases at children's library in China
Local studio MAYU Architects has extended and renovated a cultural centre in Pingtung City, Taiwan, adding a spacious entrance pavilion that is designed to bring a feeling of transparency to the formerly "hermetic" 1983 building. More about MAYU Architects updates library in Taiwan with glass-walled foyer and white cladding
Chinese studio 3andwich Design has unveiled the circular Water Drop Library in Shuangyue Bay, China, which is topped with a pool overlooking the sea. More about 3andwich Design tops clifftop library in China with circular pool
Nigerien architect Mariam Kamara and South African architect Sumayya Vally are collaborating to design a presidential library for Liberia's former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia. More about Mariam Kamara and Sumayya Vally to design presidential library in Liberia
Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled designs for a 16-metre-tall glass-enclosed library in Beijing formed from pillars that create a forest-like canopy. More about Snøhetta designs library in Beijing to resemble a ginkgo-tree forest
British architecture firm Adjaye Associates has designed a collection of pigmented-concrete pavilions in Winter Park, Florida, to house a library and an events centre. More about Adjaye Associates completes rose-hued culture hub in Florida
Architecture studios Mecanoo and OTJ Architects have added a rooftop garden and statement staircases to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC as part of its renovation of the Mies van der Rohe-designed building. More about Mecanoo and OTJ Architects complete renovation of Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library
Architecture practice Caukin Studio has created a pop-up library with a thatched roof and a "tropical" interior intended to give people a private place to journal and raise awareness around mental health. More about Feelings Library provides Londoners with space to journal and improve mental health
French studio Bruno Gaudin Architectes has completed a library clad in thin, grey bricks at the entrance to Paris Nanterre University. More about Bruno Gaudin Architectes creates university library in France with colonnaded "wind tower"
For our latest Dezeen lookbook, we've selected ten compact home libraries that showcase smart, innovative ways to display book collections. More about Ten home libraries that showcase their owners' book collections
Chinese architecture studio Atelier Xi has completed a library in Henan province featuring a curving concrete volume that emerges from the ruins of a derelict house. More about Atelier Xi transforms abandoned house into library with curved concrete walls
Non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders has built a virtual library in the video game Minecraft to give gamers access to censored books and articles. More about Minecraft library provides gamers with "a safe haven for press freedom"
Tall, arched windows and marble cladding feature in a mid-century building in Tennessee that has become the new home of American firm Hastings Architecture. More about Hastings Architecture converts 1960s Nashville library into its own headquarters