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Atelier Kempe Thill Architects and Planners win 3rd prize in open international competition for refurbishment and extension of University and Cantonal Library Fribourg, Suisse. 65 architects firms had participated in contest
Filters are juxtaposed on the wall. This cinematographic metaphor is not just conceptual; it is above all physical, sensible. In the old town, with very close relations between buildings, interaction must be mediated, filtered.
The 1630m2 project for the town of Kilmallock proposes to reinvigorate the social and cultural life of the town, concentrating a series of key social functions to generate a new Civic Precinct – a District Court for the Department of Justice, a Local Area Office for the Local Authority, and a Branch Library together with public parking (40 spaces) for the village.
Hackney Library, London Building, Clapton, Photo, News, English Design, Property Clapton Library, east London Historic Hackney Building, Northwold Road, UK – design by Shepheard Epstein Hunter, Architects 24 Feb 2010 Clapton Library Hackney Design: Shepheard Epstein Hunter HACKNEY LIBRARY BY SHEPHEARD EPSTEIN HUNTER OPENS Shepheard Epstein Hunter architect’s £3 million transformation of Clapton Library for … Read more
Port Pirie’s new state-of-the-art $4m community library, designed by Kirkbride Boyce Architects with engineers Meinhardt, has completed and officially opened. The 1,200sqm building was built by main contractor Tagara
The library represents, maybe with the prison, the last of the uncontested moral universes. The moral goodness of the library is intimately connected to the conceptual values of the book: the library is its fortress; librarians are its guardians.
The “worlds” are coiled up in a spiral shape around a central circulation shaped as a propeller, which gives access to the different floors.
Located in the heart of Amiens University, the new library and auditorium constitute a central place for exchanges and meeting around technologies as well as the catalyst of an intense campus social life
Datong City Library China, Chinese Building, Parametric Architecture, Design, News, Images Datong City Library, China Chinese Building Development – design by Preston Scott Cohen, Inc. 26 Apr 2013 Datong City Library Building Design: Preston Scott Cohen, Inc. Datong Library Datong Library aims to resolve the tension between the two major roles of a central library: … Read more
Birmingham Library Competition, Shortlist, English Building, Architect, Design, Info Birmingham Library : Architects Shortlist News Contemporary Development in the Midlands, central England, UK 19 May 2008 Birmingham Library Building Shortlist SEVEN INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTS SHORTLISTED FOR £193 MILLION NEW LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM DEVELOPMENT Seven internationally renowned architectural practices have been shortlisted for the development of the … Read more
Groundbreaking for the Astana National Library which sits 500 meters from the Presidential Palace has already occurred and pilings and foundations are being poured in the coming months. If all goes along to schedule then the library will be completed at the start of 2012.
Saint-Laurent Library, Canadian Building, Quebec Project, Photo, News, Design, Property, Image Saint-Laurent Library Montreal New Building in Québec, Canada, North America – Design Contest Winners page updated 7 Aug 2016 ; 2 Feb 2010 Saint-Laurent Library Québec Architecture Competition New library for Saint-Laurent, Montreal Winner : Cardinal Hardy / Labonté Marcil / Éric Pelletier Architectes … Read more
The new library of the Genoa Chamber of Trade is located inside of palazzo Tobia Pallavicino, adding up to the system of cultural institutions aligned along strada nuova.
The new Library, opened to students earlier in the spring, extends and complements the east wing of the 1959 Denys Lasdun College masterplan to create an ideal place for study that reflects the peaceful landscape, respecting and enhancing the adjacent architecture.
The National Library of Staatsbibliothek Berlin, designed by architect Hans Scharoun and Edgar Wisniewski, is probably the most famous modern library, next to the Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Louis Kahn.
Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Berlin building design by architect Max Dudler Architect completed in October 2009 – German architecture
A new Library, Student Centre and Accommodation have been inserted into particularly sensitive and complex surroundings at this Cambridge College. Corpus Christi College, is located centrally and occupies one city block; the project completes the story of the block by transforming a former bank hall into a library.
Cambridge Law Library Building, Photo, Norman Foster Architect, England, UK Cambridge Law Library : Sidgwick Campus Architecture Cambridge University Building on West Road – design by Foster + Partners, architects Law Library Cambridge Address: Sidgwick Campus, 10 West Road Date: 1995 Architects: Foster & Partners Building title: Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge Containing the … Read more
