Unsangdong Architects has designed the Hannae Forest of Wisdom community centre in Seoul with a row of intersecting gabled forms enclosed by glass end walls. More about Colliding gabled structures form Hannae Forest of Wisdom community centre
The House of Wisdom, a library and cultural centre designed by Foster + Partners for Sharjah, will feature a cantilevered roof and a book-printing machine. More about Foster + Partners designs tech-filled library for Sharjah
CHROFI and McGregor Coxall have completed a gateway building to frame a new public space and reconnect the town of Maitland, Australia, with the adjacent riverbank. More about "Sculptural gateway" reconnects Australian town to its river
The vast LocHal library and events space, designed by Amsterdam-based studio Civic Architects, occupies a former glass and steel locomotive shed in Tilburg, the Netherlands. More about Civic Architects creates public library in vast locomotive shed
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has converted buildings in a former industrial district into a public library in Chicago, where original brick walls and bow trusses are on full display. More about SOM transforms ageing brick buildings into Chicago's West Loop Branch library
VAC Library by Farming Architects is a large wooden climbing frame that uses solar-powered aquaponics to keep vegetables, koi carp and chickens in Hanoi, Vietnam. More about Climbing-frame library in Vietnam has a thriving aquaponics system
Atelier Masomi and Studio Chahar have converted a former mosque into a library and community centre that sits opposite a new mosque it designed for the rural village of Dandaji, Niger. More about Atelier Masomi and Studio Chahar transform derelict Niger mosque into library
The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, designed by ALA Architects, is topped with large open-plan reading room under an undulating roof punctured by circular skylights. More about Helsinki Central Library Oodi topped with translucent "book heaven"
A red corrugated aluminium extension, named East Street Exchange, has been added to a 1960s library in southeast London, to give it "a new lease of life". More about We Made That adds bright red metal extension to East Street Library in London
American studio MKCA has created a small, colourful library for the Concourse House, a shelter for women and kids who are transitioning out of homelessness. More about MKCA designs Children's Library for transitional shelter in New York
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 about Prefabricated modular library by Dot Architects built in just seven days
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 about "Calgary's New Central Library is an example of the best practices in modern monument making"
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 about COBE's wedge-shaped library references its modernist surroundings
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 about Snøhetta and Dialog's New Central Library for Calgary features vast wood-lined atrium
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 about Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps earthquake-resistant Christchurch library in golden screen
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 about Gonzalez Moix designs Biblioteca Sur community library in Lima
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 about Sameep Padora creates undulating brick roof to cover school library in India
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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 about Tonkin Liu transforms agricultural shed into "container for books and art"
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 about New York Public Library launches Insta Novels to make literature "more accessible"