Library building designs
Library building designs and architects
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Stevens Ranch Library, Oregon, United States
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: USA libraries designs
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
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
Vitrolles Media Library France, Bouches-du-Rhône
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.
Changan Academy Xian Public Library, Shanxi Province, China
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
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, Dakota
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
Bibliotheque L’Octogone, Montreal, Canada Library
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
Multnomah County Library Operations Center, Portland
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
Multnomah County Central Library, Portland, Oregon
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
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
Aberdeen University Library building, Sir Duncan Rice
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”
Monica C Gratton Library, Laurentides, Quebec
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
Bruhl City Hall and Library, Rhineland, Germany
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