MKCA designs Children’s Library for transitional shelter in New York
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. Read more
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MKCA designs Children’s Library for transitional shelter in New York
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. Established in 1991, the Concourse House is located in the Bronx – one of New York City’s five boroughs. The shelter provides stable, transitional housing and a range of social services
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Prefabricated modular library by Dot Architects built in just seven days
Dot Architects has completed a school library in rural China constructed in a week by amateur builders using the WikiHouse open-source architecture platform. The Huaxia Star Library is an addition to Er-tai primary school in Hebei province, a rural community which is afflicted by high levels of poverty. The school has 1,000 pupils, whose only
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“Calgary’s New Central Library is an example of the best practices in modern monument making”
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. You walk in under a curving canopy of wood, slide into lozenge-shaped space where stacks and tables surrounded by reading people of all ages and sorts radiate away from
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COBE’s wedge-shaped library references its modernist surroundings
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. The library and cultural facility was designed by COBE as an extension to an existing school in a northern suburb of the Danish capital. Architect
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Snøhetta and Dialog’s New Central Library for Calgary features vast wood-lined atrium
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. The New Central Library, which opened to the public 1 November 2018, provides a larger home for the Canadian city’s literature collection and more space for programmed events. The
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps earthquake-resistant Christchurch library in golden screen
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. Partially covered by a golden facade screen the new library is called Tūranga, which means “site or “foundation” in Maori. The earthquake-resistant library, designed by Danish firm
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Gonzalez Moix designs Biblioteca Sur community library in Lima
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. Biblioteca Sur was completed in 2017, after an eight-year design and construction process. It is located in a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of
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Sameep Padora creates undulating brick roof to cover school library in India
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. Padora’s Mumbai-based practice designed the Maya Somaiya Library for the Shri Sharda English Medium School, which is located on the edge
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Check out the best library design via our Pinterest board
We’ve updated our Pinterest board dedicated to libraries, including a MVRDV library designed to look like a huge 3D eyeball and a Shenzhen library in a park that features treetop walkways. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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