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
View ArticleLibrary 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
View ArticleMusashino 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
View ArticleBanham on the Cambridge History Faculty
Reyner Banham’s essay on the History Faculty, Cambridge, first published November 1968
View ArticleHelmond 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
View Article2006 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
View ArticleBiblioteca España by Giancarlo Mazzanti & Arquitectos
Oriel Prizeman examines six recent libraries in the first of a new quarterly series on typology
View ArticleVeil 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
View ArticleStuttgart City Library by Yi Architects
Boldly plundering historical sources, this new library in Stuttgart is both rich in allusion and full of surprises
View ArticleA 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
View ArticleThe 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
View ArticleBook 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
View ArticleMecanoo'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
View ArticleTaking 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
View ArticleLibrary 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
View ArticleHelsinki 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
View ArticleMicro 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
View ArticleNew 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
View Article‘Seashore Library looks like something Alain de Botton might have...
Seashore Library in Beidaihe, China by Vector Architects
View ArticleReyner Banham on Stirling's Cambridge History Faculty
Reyner Banham’s essay on the History Faculty, Cambridge, first published November 1968
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