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Designed by Miller Hull and STEELE Associates, the 100,000-square-foot Stevens Ranch library in Oregon, USA, brings together learning, creativity, coworking, and community through a mass-timber design. The three-story library accommodates the diverse experiences of modern life and learning
American library buildings – key contemporary US buildings, images, architects, American public institutions, incl designs by Snøhetta, Adjaye Associates, richärd+bauer, JRA Architects and Gordon Bunshaft – best new US library architecture, United States designs.
Eastern Parkway Branch Library, Brooklyn, New York City, building design by Allied Works. Major renovations will expand its public space by more than 50 percent. The material palette of untreated Belgian oak, coal terrazzo, perforated metal ceilings, precast concrete is grounded and unhurried
Architect: Jean-Pierre Lott. Vitrolles grew too quickly. A victim of the urbanization of the 1960s, it went from the status of little Provençal village with about a thousand inhabitants, to a bedroom community comprised of soulless apartment buildings.
Along the waterfront, HONG Designworks’ architecture of Chang’an Academy Xi’an Public Library in Shanxi Province, China, seems to hover between stillness and openness. From afar, its silhouette unfolds like an open book, reflecting the project’s cultural identity
Snøhetta’s Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opened as a living landscape dedicated to America’s Conservation President. The fully integrated design approach is an immersive journey through the North Dakota Badlands, unifying architecture, landscape, and narrative into one seamless experience
Anne Carrier Architectes’ expansion of Bibliothèque L’Octogone offers a contemporary reinterpretation of one of LaSalle’s landmark buildings, where architecture becomes at once a vessel of memory, a Montreal landmark, and a catalyst for socio-ecological transition
Designed by Hennebery Eddy Architects, the “beating heart” of the Multnomah County Library system – because it keeps the entire system running – the new Operations Center is essential for effectively managing more than 500,000 catalogue materials and outreach services in Portland, Oregon, USA
Refreshed by Hennebery Eddy Architects the Central Library in the heart of downtown Portland, USA, is the flagship location for Multnomah County Library. The building now give patrons and staff more personal space, and introduce a contemporary palette of finishes and furniture that honour the historic interior
Manchester Metropolitan University library building news: new future-focused library design by Hawkins\Brown architects in the heart of this English city wins planning permission. The modern property will create a transformed experience, offering new digital engagement opportunities within flexible, light-filled spaces
Design by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. Contemporary international structure within one of Scotland’s most important historic settings. Its internal arrangement cleverly challenges preconceived notions of “the library”
Perrault Architecture‘s primary goal is to modernize the municipality of Saint‑Adolphe‑d’Howard, Canada. The Monica C Gratton Library building addresses current environmental challenges
A challenge German architects JSWD faced when designing Brühl City Hall and Library, was connecting the new building to the historic town hall. Then to renovate it in line with heritage requirements
New Oregon Library building by Miller Hull Partnership & Steele Associates. Mass timber building extends and reimagines a vibrant, flexible, and inclusive civic space in Redmond, OR, United States