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Köpenick Library by Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architekten, Berlin-Köpenick, Germany

Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architekten create a powerful civic presence their central library for the district of Köpenick. Photography by Alessandr Chemollo

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Library and Senior Citizens' Centre by RCR Arquitectes, Barcelona, Spain

RCR Arquitectes’ restrained black gateway building unifies the street with an existing under utilised courtyard. Photography by Eugeni Pons and Hisao Suzuki

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Musashino Art University Library by Sou Fujimoto Architects, Tokyo, Japan

It is the plan of Musashino Art University Library by Sou Fujimoto Architects that brings distinction to the design, combining conceptual clarity with functional rigour. Photography by Edmund Sumner

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Banham on the Cambridge History Faculty

Reyner Banham’s essay on the History Faculty, Cambridge, first published November 1968

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Helmond City Library by Bolles+Wilson, Helmond, The Netherlands

The completion of a library by Bolles+Wilson in The Netherlands raises great expectations – which are not disappointed. Photography by Christian Richters

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2006 June: 'Midwest Modesty', Iowa Central Public Library by David...

[ARCHIVE] As part of an ambitious landscape regeneration strategy, Chipperfield brings figure to the city grid through his Iowa Central Public Library

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Biblioteca España by Giancarlo Mazzanti & Arquitectos

Oriel Prizeman examines six recent libraries in the first of a new quarterly series on typology

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Veil and grid: Library by Li Xiaodong, China

The beautiful rippling veil of slim sticks and timber interior ensures this modest communal village library connects with its setting, stimulating both mind and eye

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Stuttgart City Library by Yi Architects

Boldly plundering historical sources, this new library in Stuttgart is both rich in allusion and full of surprises

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A light touch: Bing Thom's Library in Canada

Daylight and books are often regarded as incompatible, but this library in Metro Vancouver is a poetic and scientific sculpting of light that animates a dramatic interior

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The Women's Library by Wright & Wright, London

On the site of a Victorian public baths, a new library and archive illuminates women’s lives and is a model of good practice in environmental regulation

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Book Mountain: MVRDV's Library in Spijkenisee, Rotterdam

The short shelf life of this Dutch library’s collection enabled MVRDV to turn the spines out to face the town and invite in its inhabitants

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Mecanoo's Central Library in Birmingham

Beyond the flamboyance of its facade, Birmingham’s ambitious new public library is a model of enlightened collaboration between architect and client

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Taking Root: Joan Maragall Library, Barcelona, Spain, by BCQ Arquitectura

The fragmented, verdant structure of this semi-subterranean library creates a different kind of public space in Barcelonaʼs urban milieu

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Library and Concert Hall in Bodø, Norway by DRDH

In a remote Norwegian town on the edge of the Arctic Circle, a new library and concert hall transcend their cultural brief to become, in effect, the townʼs public realm

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Helsinki University Library in Finland by Anttinen Oiva Architects

Enticing both town and gown, Helsinki Universityʼs new central library marries scholarliness with commerce, reflecting the changing character of academic institutions and the nature of public space

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Micro Organism: Hutong infill in Beijing, China, by Standard Architecture

A deft intervention in one of Beijingʼs labyrinthine hutongs attempts to improve amenities without destroying heritage or catalysing gentrification

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New Bodleian Library by Giles Gilbert Scott

Archive: October 1940. Editor JM Richards, under the pseudonym James MacQueady, provides sharp criticism of Gilbert Scott’s New Bodleian Library

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‘Seashore Library looks like something Alain de Botton might have...

Seashore Library in Beidaihe, China by Vector Architects

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Reyner Banham on Stirling's Cambridge History Faculty

Reyner Banham’s essay on the History Faculty, Cambridge, first published November 1968

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