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MAD reveals Wormhole Library overlooking the South China Sea

August 11, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Chinese architecture studio MAD has designed a library in the city of Haikou, China that is intended “to be a wormhole that transcends time and space”. Named the Wormhole Library, the structure is currently under construction within Century Park overlooking the South China Sea in the city of Haikou, which is on the Chinese island of Hainan. Being built

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Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem unveil Oslo’s “huge but intimate” central library

July 2, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Deichman Bjørvika central library in Olso, Norway by Atelier Oslo and Lund Hagem

Oslo’s long-awaited Deichman Bjørvika central library, which stands alongside the Snøhetta-designed opera house on the city’s waterfront, has opened to the public in Norway. Designed by Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem, the five-storey building contains space for 450,000 books wrapped around a large, top-lit atrium that connects the floors and breaks them into smaller spaces. “Our aim was to make

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Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen compete to design Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

May 20, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture firms Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen have been shortlisted to design a presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt in Medora, North Dakota. The three firms were selected from 12 practices that applied to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) that the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation made public in April to find a suitable architect for

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Grassy hill forms skylight over RDHA’s Springdale Public Library near Toronto

April 29, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

A hill-like green roof with a skylight helps to blend this public library by Toronto architecture firm RDHA into its grassy surrounds. Springdale Public Library and the surrounding Komagata Maru Park are located in Brampton, Canada, a suburb outside of Toronto. The library comprises three volumes around a central patio, featuring aluminium and glazed walls

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Microlibrary Warak Kayu features a hammock-style floor and a swing

April 13, 2020 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture firm Shau has built a library in Semarang, Indonesia, featuring a grand staircase, a net floor and a large communal swing. Microlibrary Warak Kayu is a public reading room for the Central Java city, but also functions as a mini community centre. Not only does it offer a variety of spaces for reading and study,

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Steimle Architekten transforms traditional German barn into Kressbronn Library

March 19, 2020 Alyn Griffiths 0

Kressbronn Library by Steimle Architekten

Steimle Architekten has converted a former barn in the village of Kressbronn am Bodensee, Germany, into a library and community centre with glazed openings screened by angled vertical louvres. The former agricultural building is prominently located in the centre of Kressbronn, close to the village’s town hall and festival hall. Steimle Archiekten preserved the old

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Diamond Schmitt Architects designs Ottawa public library and archive centre with wavy roof

January 29, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0

Ottawa Public Library by Diamond Schmitt Architects

Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects has revealed a new building for Ottawa’s public library system, featuring a curvilinear roof and glass walls that offer expansive views of the city. Diamond Schmitt Architects are working with local studio KWC Architects to design the project comprising a five-storey joint facility for Ottawa Public Library and Library and

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Atelier Tao+C lines walls of capsule hotel with bamboo bookshelves

December 27, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Bamboo bookshelves line the triple-height atrium of a glass-walled capsule hotel and library in Zhejiang Province, China, by Atelier Tao+C. Surrounded by mountains, the hotel in the village of Qinglongwu was built inside an old rammed-earth structure that has been given a glazed gable-end extension. A wooden extension covered in translucent corrugated plastic panels projects

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Wolfgang Tschapeller adds suspended bookshelves to Cornell University library

December 12, 2019 Kristine Klein 0

Cornell Fine Arts Library by Wolfgang Tschapeller

Architecture firm Wolfgang Tschapeller has renovated a library at Cornell University and added suspended shelving, which prompted criticisms about the potential for upskirting when it opened in earlier this year. Wolfgang Tschapeller designed the addition for Mui Ho Fine Arts Library located in Cornell University’s Rand Hall, which is connected to Milstein Hall – the university’s

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Hunters Point Library slapped with lawsuit for inaccessibility issues

November 26, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0

Queens Library at Hunter's Point by Steven Holl Architects

Hunters Point Library in New York’s Long Island City by Steven Holl Architects has been hit with a class action lawsuit for its “total disregard” of people with mobility disabilities. Non-profit organisation Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) filed the lawsuit today, claiming the library “was designed and built with a total disregard for adults and children with

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