Tag Libraries

27-12-2017

MVRDV: Tianjin Binhai Library

The media have given the Tianjin Binhai Library, completed by MVRDV in Tianjin, a coastal city near Beijing, a standing ovation. Highly symbolic, with a great visual impact, Tianjin Binhai Library is part of the masterplan for the city’s new cultural district.

15-11-2017

MVRDV Tianjin Binhai Library: an ocean of books

Tianjin public library, designed by MVRDV and opened on October 1, 2017, has quickly become an icon on the web. The building is one of five cultural buildings in the Binhai district designed by world-renowned studios.

08-11-2017

Brutalist architecture, from Europe to Le Vele in Naples.

Brutalist architecture is enjoying a huge revival, at least on the web and in publishing.

27-09-2017

Dominique Coulon: Third-Place Mediatheque in Thionville

An ambitious programme for the new mediatheque in Thionville by Dominique Coulon & associés. A multimedia library with artists’ studios, audiovisual rooms, an auditorium and much more: this is why Dominique Coulon calls the Thionville mediatheque a “third place”.

04-09-2017

Bima, the micro-library by SHAU in Indonesia

What do ice-cream tubs have to do with literacy levels? They become an integral element of the Bima micro-library designed by the SHAU architecture studio in the Bima district of Bandung on the island of Java, Indonesia as part of its “100 Micro-libraries” programme.

28-07-2017

Moongyu Choi + Ga.A Architects: H Music Library in Seoul

In H Music Library in Seoul, Moongyu Choi and Ga.A Architects have built a landmark establishing new urban connections. H Music Library, commissioned by Hyundai Card, offers passers-by on the Itaewon-ro an unusual view of the city.

16-05-2017

Gmp Concert hall Kulturpalast Dresden

The concert hall in the palace of culture in Dresden, home to the city’s philharmonic orchestra, reopened on April 28. The renovation project by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) also encompasses the city’s central library and the Herkuleskeule Cabaret.