Libraries

“Sculptural gateway” reconnects Australian town to its river

March 22, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Maitland Riverlink by CHROFI and McGregor Coxall

CHROFI and McGregor Coxall have completed a gateway building to frame a new public space and reconnect the town of Maitland, Australia, with the adjacent riverbank. Sydney-based studios CHROFI and McGregor Coxall worked with Maitland City Council to oversee the public project, which aims to support the revitalisation of the town’s central business precinct. The Maitland

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Civic Architects creates public library in vast locomotive shed

February 27, 2019 Ali Morris 0
LocHal Public Library, designed by Civic Architects

The vast LocHal library and events space, designed by Amsterdam-based studio Civic Architects, occupies a former glass and steel locomotive shed in Tilburg, the Netherlands. Located in Tilburg’s station district, the LocHal library is named after the locomotive shed in which it is housed. The building’s imposing footprint measures 90 x 60 metres with a

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SOM transforms ageing brick buildings into Chicago’s West Loop Branch library

January 29, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has converted buildings in a former industrial district into a public library in Chicago, where original brick walls and bow trusses are on full display. The West Loop Branch library is named after its location in the city’s West Loop neighbourhood – a former industrial area that is now brimming

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Climbing frame library in Vietnam has a thriving aquaponics system

January 20, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
VAC Library by Farming Architects

VAC Library by Farming Architects is a large wooden climbing frame that uses solar-powered aquaponics to keep vegetables, koi carp and chickens in Hanoi, Vietnam. Farming Architects designed the library and city farm hybrid as a way for children to learn about self-sustaining ecosystems. Koi carp swim in the pond adjacent to the structure, crossed

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Atelier Masomi transforms derelict Niger mosque into library

January 12, 2019 Katie de Klee 0
Dandaji Mosque by Atelier Masomi in Western Niger, Africa

Atelier Masomi has converted a former mosque into a library and community centre that sits opposite a new mosque it designed for the rural village of Dandaji, Niger. Niamey-based Atelier Masomi designed the library within the former mosque, which had fallen into disrepair and was no longer large enough to support the village’s growing population, to save it from demolition. “I knew the

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Helsinki Central Library Oodi topped with translucent “book heaven”

January 10, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Helsinki Central Library Oodi by ALA Architects

The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, designed by ALA Architects, is topped with large open-plan reading room under an undulating roof punctured by circular skylights. Finnish studio ALA Architects’ design for the country’s flagship library, which stands opposite the Finnish Parliament, aims to “embrace technology and progressive values to provide a variety of innovative services alongside its lending collection of

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We Made That adds bright red metal extension to East Street Library in London

January 7, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
East Street Exchange by We Made That
East Street Exchange by We Made That

A red corrugated aluminium extension, named East Street Exchange, has been added to a 1960s library in southeast London, to give it “a new lease of life”. Created as part of We Made That’s full renovation of the East Street Library in Walworth, the striking red structure is designed to contrast with the existing building. East

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MKCA designs Children’s Library for transitional shelter in New York

December 17, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0
Children's Library by MKCA

American studio MKCA has created a small, colourful library for the Concourse House, a shelter for women and kids who are transitioning out of homelessness. Established in 1991, the Concourse House is located in the Bronx – one of New York City’s five boroughs. The shelter provides stable, transitional housing and a range of social services

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