Library building designs Archives - Page 10 of 27

Museum of Language London Competition 2018

January 21, 2023July 1, 2018 by Adrian Welch

Museum of Language London Competition Winner

archasm architecture competition winners news – the design contest aims to preserve language through the creation of a dedicated building that exhibits different world languages in an interactive manner.

Qatar National Library Doha

September 10, 2020June 30, 2018 by Isabelle

Highly inventive architecture in The Gulf from major Dutch architects firm OMA: the National Library, the Public Library, the University Library, and the Heritage Collection, consists of valuable texts and manuscripts related to the Arab-Islamic civilization.

South Central Regional Library Louisville

December 19, 2024June 23, 2018 by Adrian Welch

South Central Regional Library in Louisville designed by JRA Architects provides 100,000 nearby residents with an accessible, inviting, and healthy place to access, enjoy, and participate in information sharing.

Elmhurst Community Library Building Queens

October 17, 2020June 15, 2018 by Adrian Welch

Elmhurst Community Library Queens, New York

New library building in Queens designed by Marpillero Pollack Architects, replacing a 1904 Carnegie library with a new 30,500 sqft building that fulfills the Client’s mission of access, transparency, and technology.

Gabi James Restaurant Riviera Village, California

March 13, 2024May 31, 2018 by Isabelle

Gabi James Restaurant in Riviera Village California

Designed by Blanchard Fuentes Design+Build the existing store front of the Gabi James Restaurant would be stripped down to framing and retro-fit for expansive openings at the ground floor with a suspended ‘timber’ curtain enclosing the upper.

Los Gatos Library California Building

February 7, 2024May 23, 2018 by Isabelle

Noll & Tam found the inspiration for the nearly 30,000-square-foot library is a lantern, a welcoming symbol to the community, and a visual play on the rich “enlightened” world within.

Cobram Library & Learning Centre in Victoria

January 14, 2020May 17, 2018 by Isabelle

The Cobram Library & Learning Centre is a distinctively ‘local’ library, designed by CohenLeigh Architects, embracing emerging technologies & promoting flexible learning & library spaces across all ages.

Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo

March 9, 2020May 7, 2018 by Adrian Welch

Musashino Art University Museum & Library steps

A library project by Sou Fujimoto Architects for one of the distinguished art universities in Japan: a new library building and refurbishment of the existing building into an art gallery, completed in 2010. The warm wooden interior provides enticing places to linger and read.

Marne-la-Vallée University Library – French Building

August 19, 2019May 6, 2018 by Isabelle

Marne-la-Vallée University Library Building

An audacious design by architects Beckmann-N’Thépé for the Marne-la-Vallée university library: it evokes a mound of earth ‘torn from its natural environment,’ in harmony with its surroundings. ‘Between naturalism and terror’ – Aldric Beckmann.

LiYuan Library – Huairou Building, Beijing

February 19, 2020May 6, 2018 by David

A delightful building by architects Li Xiadong/Atelier for a small village on the outskirts of Beijing: “we found large amounts of locally sourced wooden sticks piled around each house…(for) cooking stoves. Thus we decided to use this ordinary material in an extraordinary way, cladding the building in familiar textures in a way that is strikingly sensitive.”