The American “Urban Office Architecture” by the principle lead of Carlo Enzo Architect, introduce their proposal for the Helsinki central library. The architectural practice focuses explicitly on ...
Raymond Loewy (1893-1986) was the French-born American industrial designer behind the Shell and Exxon logos, the Lucky Strike pack, the Studebaker Avanti and the blue-and-white livery of Air Force ...
This modernist clean-edged library designed by Mecanoo architects, imposes its presence by contrast with surrounding buildings. Its clean forms of basic geometry, quasi-transparent facades made ...
Helsinki Central Library competition winner
In response to the competition held by the city of Helsinki in 2012 for a new central library, OODA summited this proposal with a total area of 10,100 square meters. When designing this building OODA ...
One part creative design, one part innovative use of technology, the Hunt Library by Snøhetta is an inspirational space for forward-thinking and higher learning that balances the pre-existing needs ...
The Datong Library according to the architects is a proposition, which seeks to resolve the tension between the two traditional roles of a library; the role of being a storehouse of knowledge and ...
Stockholm Public Library | Bundi Pradono Architects Contemporary libraries now a day have a massive weight on them having to compete with digital libraries. Some integrate the newer technology, some ...
Bishan Public Library, libraries are often built around protection from light, rather than the quality of this life bringing 'material'. In the Bishan Public Library, designed by LOOK Architects and ...
The finalist entry by Holzer+Kobler Architekturen for the National Library of Czech Republic, to be located in Prague, in the words of the architects, 'embodies the written heritage of the Czech ...
At 5,000 square meter (53,820 sq ft), the new Cultural Center and Library in Karlshamn, Sweden, functions as a new city meeting place that houses a library, an exhibition area, a movie theater, a ...
The building reveals its preciousness at first sight. Its pure, sophisticated, geometry situates it as a public building. The deliberate areas of transparency reveal its content. Photography ...
