Tag Libraries

17-03-2020
Serero Architectes Urbanistes designs new Media Library, an urban and landscape showcase in Bayeux
Architecture firm Serero Architectes Urbanistes designed the new Media Library in Bayeux (France), a building located in an open plot connecting the town’s future development zones and its historic centre. The project integrates perfectly into the historical context of Bayeux, while also offering a splendid panoramic view on the famous cathedral, a masterpiece of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.

21-02-2020
Kengo Kuma The Exchange: a new centre for Sydney
Kengo Kuma & Associates have designed a new multipurpose civic centre in Sydney’s vibrant and active Darling Harbour district, including a library, childcare facilities and retail space with a fresh food market. The seven-floor building breaks with the high-rises around it to become an attractive new urban landmark.

11-02-2020
8 projects receive the AIA’s 2020 Architecture Awards
The American Institute of Architects has announced the eight projects that have won the 2020 Architecture Awards. Eight contemporary architecture projects, chosen independently of the size, style and type of building to represent the best architects can create for improving life for everyone.

14-08-2019
Tabanlioglu Architects Beyazit State Library Istanbul
Tabanlıoğlu Architects completes the restoration of one of the largest and oldest libraries in Istanbul, the Beyazit State Library. Founded in 1884, inside a 16th century building, the library houses more than 25,000 books and rare manuscripts. The project is one of the finalists in the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

06-06-2019
Albion Public Library in Toronto by Perkins+Will Canada
The Albion Public Library in Toronto, designed by Perkins+Will Canada, is one of the six libraries that won a 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Award.

11-01-2019
Tingbjerg library, a COBE project with a brick baguette façade
COBE’s Tingbjerk library is a provocative and seductive brick-faced prism that goes beyond classic traditional construction schemes

02-01-2019
Snøhetta+DIALOG: new central library in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Assiduously used by half the population of the city of Calgary, in Canada, the central library now has new premises designed by Snøhetta+DIALOG. The ambitious mission of Calgary Central Library is to stitch back together the city’s Downtown and East Village.