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One particular challenge German architects JSWD faced when designing Brühl City Hall and Library, was connecting the new building to the historic town hall, and then renovating it in line with heritage requirements
Information center & library building design by West-line Studio evokes contours of local terrain. At the heart of the Guizhou Media Vocational and Technical School, a 20 hectares campus, China
DeValera Library & Súil Art Gallery Ennis Co Clare Ireland by Keith Williams Architects. Irish civic building design images, 10m high sinuous masonry wall
The Jackson Library – Exeter College, Oxford, by Nex and Architects Donald Insall Associates. Transformation creates fresh, robust and light-filled environment for studying
Duncan Place Library & Community Hub building design by EDable Architecture. It brings about positive change through a process of co-design
DUMO Office and Library Building, Belgium, design by ZOOM architecten. Circular building wraps around rectangular bookcase spanning two levels
Golden Horn Library building design by Aytac Architects. It faces seven hills of Istanbul across water, each with its own monument. Turkish flying carpet!
“Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism”, said Neil Gaiman: back in my school days I was a regular visitor to the library, but when was the last time I visited a library to borrow a book?
Designed by architects DesignInc, Tiwu Kumangka is located in Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia. The two-storey library is linking building form, landscape and reserve
Architects Studio Vapore has collaborated with the Western Academy of Beijing to renovate its elementary school library. The project reimagines the library as a multifunctional learning space
Rotterdam Central Library building renewal design by Powerhouse Company. Significant milestone in transformation of well-loved Netherlands city landmark
Jindabyne Library and Community Centre is a welcoming addition to the town, designed by fjcstudio in New South Wales, Australia, using sustainably sourced timber
Architects Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt has submitted an application for an extension and refurbishment to the library of The Latymer School, a grammar school in Enfield, London
The Warrnambool Learning and Library Centre, designed by Kosloff Architecture in Victoria, Australia, is a stunning example of civic architecture which uses sustainable materials
Beijing City Library building design, China, by Norwegian Architects Snøhetta, makes shortlist for 2024 Dezeen Architecture Awards, alongside buildings by Stanton Williams and Grimshaw
The British Library has been listed at Grade I. The BL is arguably the most significant new public building of the later 20th century in England. Its architecture is “both immense and extraordinary and its warmth and quality of spaces, finishes and sculpture have made it a much-admired building”.
