Apr 30
Boston-based architect, Preston Scott Cohen has designed a stunning new library building in Datong, China. Description from Preston Scott Cohen: Datong Library aims to resolve the tension between the two major roles of a central library: as a place of community promenade and gathering and as an archive of knowledge and quite place of study. The form of the …
Apr 16
College of Media & Communication by Antoine Predock in association with Executive Architect Burns & McDonnell in Qatar is a forum for technological innovation, education and cultural exchange. The building is divided into three sections: The crescent on the west, the curved arc on the east, and the bar on the north. The curved arc contains several programme elements …
Mar 22
Michael Charters from United States designed Big Wood, a prototype for a large-scale skyscraper made from wood for the 2013 eVolo Skyscraper Competition Big Wood is a prototype on mass timber construction that offers the possibility to build more responsibly while actively sequestering pollutants from our cities. Sited in Chicago; “Big Wood” aims to write a new chapter in high-rise construction. Steel …
Jan 27
A public art library in Nam June Paik Art Center in Yong-In, Korea designed by N H D M Description from N H D M / Nahyun Hwang + David Eugin Moon: Inspired by Nam June Paik’s artistic processes, Nam June Paik Library was designed as a multi-functional spatial device, which redefines the relationship between library …
Jan 06
The Archi-World®Academy Award is a two years (2011/2013) lasting contest giving young architects and architects of tomorrow coming from the entire world the chance to present their best projects or concepts in the field of energy savings. Ying Yang public library designed by Evgeny Markachev & Julia Kozlova, won first place in the sustainable design …
Dec 02
Description from Minus Architecture Studio & Synthetiques: Libraries are increasingly the places in which culture is produced, collected and disseminated. The Ambient Exchange promotes a culture of collaboration, creative inquiry and community engagement through provision of functional and exuberant spaces that engage the strong social and craft-oriented traditions of the Finnish built environment. The Ambient …
Nov 07
The proposal for the Daegu Gosan Public Library challenges the conventional understanding of the spatial and social experience of a public library as a series of discrete reading rooms with defined thresholds and cluttered stacks. Synthesis Design + Architecture propose an intelligent, open, and integrated library experience which supersedes the media storage methods of the …
Oct 07
A new public library for the Dutch town of Spijkenisse completed by MVRDV features a long bookshelf spiraling up creating a mountain of books, covered by a glass shell.
Jul 31
This 19,000 sq ft public library, designed by the architects Studio Egret West, is located in the heart of Clapham on the High Street on the site of a former office block, Mary Seacole House. In addition to holding more than 20,000 books, it provides a stunning new performance space for local community groups, as …
Jul 29
A pavilion within Fort Davis Park in Washington DC designed by Adjaye Associates. This two-storey library provides space for three major library services: adults, teenagers and children. There is also a public meeting room and conference rooms. Achieving LEED Silver, the design strategy is highly sustainable, with the building taking advantage of the natural vegetation, …
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