Tag Libraries

10-04-2015

Wilkinson Eyre Architects opens Weston Library at Oxford University

Weston Library at Oxford University reopened to the public on March 21st after a renovation project by Wilkinson Eyre Architects which improved the building’s relationship with its surroundings.

25-03-2015

Snøhetta designs a studio for artist José Parlá in Brooklyn

Cuban-American artist José Parlá and the architects of Snøhetta have transformed an unused warehouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn into a new studio for the artist.

23-03-2015

Architect and designer Michael Graves dies

Michael Graves, the famous American architect who designed not only buildings but everyday objects such as one of Alessi’s most famous kettles, number 9093, with the bird that sings when the water boils, has died.

20-03-2015

Area Progetti and Una2 Le Creste Cultural Centre Rosignano Marittimo

“Le Creste” Cultural Centre, built by AREA PROGETTI and UNA2 architectural studios, offers an example of a project designed with great care to create a unique, immediately recognisable image and identity.

10-03-2015

Jerusalem Apartment by Simon Couchman

Architect Simon Couchman has designed an apartment on two levels overlooking a park in the centre of Jerusalem’s Germany colony. A wooden construction for books gives the home a cosy, traditional feel despite its contemporary design.

04-03-2015

Budapest Architecture Film Days 7th edition

March 5 through 8 the Hungarian contemporary architecture centre KÉK presents the seventh edition of Budapest Architecture Film Days, featuring architects Herman Hertzberger and Isay Weinfeld.

25-02-2015

David Baena and Toni Casamor win the Premio Ciutat de Barcelona d'Arquitectura

David Baena and Toni Casamor, founders of BCQ Arquitectura Barcelona, have won the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme 2015 (the 2015 award of the city of Barcelona for Architecture and Urban Planning) for Sant Gervasi-Joan Maragall Library.

20-11-2014

ANMA, National University Library in Strasbourg (BNU)

The renovation project for the National University Library in Strasburg by ANMA (Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés) restores the building’s original monumental spirit.