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Spiralling library by Atelier Xi “unfolds like a scroll painting”

September 23, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

The spiral shape of a conch shell informed the Serpentine Bookhouse in Shenzhen, China, a library that has been designed by local architecture studio Atelier Xi. Located in the Dasha River Ecological Corridor, the 300-square-metre building by Atelier Xi provides a children’s reading room, public restrooms and a viewing balcony with seating areas for visitors and

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Snøhetta breaks ground on Charlotte library with “translucent prow”

August 29, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

International architecture studio Snøhetta has broken ground on a new public library for Charlotte, North Carolina, which will feature a warped rectangular facade and generous cantilever. The new 115,000 square foot (10,680 square metre) Charlotte Mecklenburg Library will serve as the city’s main library branch, a community space and as a future connection to surrounding

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Studio Gang to design Clinton Presidential Center expansion in Arkansas

August 10, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Chicago-based architecture firm Studio Gang has been selected to renovate and expand the Clinton Presidential Center, a library and museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. Studio Gang was chosen by The Clinton Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded by former US president Bill Clinton, to expand the programming of the current building. The program also calls for

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Atelier Masōmī designs raw-earth-brick presidential library in Liberia

April 17, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Niger-based Atelier Masōmī has unveiled a library in Monrovia dedicated to the Liberia’s former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, which will contain exhibitions designed by South African architect Sumayya Vally. Informed by Liberian palava huts, the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) will consist of a cluster of dramatically mono-pitched structures. It will house

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Dezeen Debate features “instant icon” library by Heatherwick Studios

April 6, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Heatherwick Studio’s designs for its first public library, a plant-covered building in Maryland, US. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Heatherwick Studio envisions the building, planned for the 1960s community of Columbia near Baltimore, acting not only as a library but also as a community centre and events space.

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Superkül renovates reading room at Toronto’s brutalist Robarts Library

March 12, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Superkül has updated the reading room at the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library, a notable example of brutalist architecture. The project involved renovating the cavernous concrete space on the building’s fourth floor, as part of the university’s larger initiative to revitalise the Robarts Library, which Superkül described as “one of North America’s most

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Atak Architekti creates Liberec library by restoring and extending a former rectory

March 1, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Czech studio Atak Architekti has added a metal-clad extension to a former rectory building to create a library and multifunctional community spaces for the city of Liberec in the Czech Republic. Designed for the local municipality in the southeastern district of Vratislavice, the IGI Library was designed to create a new public hub for the

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Space10 invites public into its Copenhagen HQ with kiosk-like design library

January 24, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

IKEA’s innovation lab Space10 has worked with interior designers Spacon & X to transform the ground floor of its headquarters into a library and community space, with a look that is meant to recall a simple kiosk. Located in a former fish factory in the city’s Meatpacking District, Space10’s offices now include a library of

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Hacker overhauls “fortress-like” brutalist library in Oregon

January 18, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Colourful furnishings and large stretches of glass feature in a 1970s library building that has been updated by US studio Hacker Architects. The three-storey, concrete library is located next to City Hall in downtown Salem, the capital of Oregon. Encompassing 96,000 square feet (8,919 square metres), the building was originally designed by American architect George

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MVRDV reveals plans for “stepped terraces of books” in Wuhan Library

January 10, 2023 James Parkes 0

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled designs for a 140,000 square metre library in Wuhan, China, with a sweeping form that takes cues from the topography of its surroundings. Set to become one of China’s biggest libraries and a landmark for the central, Chinese city, the Wuhan Library will be located beside the Baofend Overpass

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