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
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Library building designs and architects
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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
New Oregon Library, Redmond, OR building
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
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.
Biblioteca dos Saberes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil library
Kéré Architecture designed the Biblioteca dos Saberes commissioned by the Rio de Janeiro City Hall. Located at the heart of a new urban development, the library and cultural center will serve as an anchor
Mushroom library for Children, Yunnan, China
With only 71 households, Yanzitou Village, China, struggles with depopulation and aging residents as youth migrate for work. Kong Xiangwei Studio designed a gift for multiethnic children: Mushroom Library for children
Do we need libraries? Architecture design trends
“Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism”, said Neil Gaiman: back in my school days I was a regular visitor to the library, but when was the last time I visited a library to borrow a book?
Taichung Green Museumbrary building by SANAA, Taiwan
Taichung Green Museumbrary building, Taiwan, cultural design by Pritzker Prize and 2025 RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winning Japanese architects SANAA
Guizhou Media Vocational and Technical School, China
Information center & library building design by West-line Studio evokes contours of local terrain. At the heart of the Guizhou Media Vocational and Technical School, a 20 hectares campus, China
DeValera Library & Súil Art Gallery, Clare County
DeValera Library & Súil Art Gallery Ennis Co Clare Ireland by Keith Williams Architects. Irish civic building design images, 10m high sinuous masonry wall
Exeter College Library, University of Oxford building
The Jackson Library – Exeter College, Oxford, by Nex and Architects Donald Insall Associates. Transformation creates fresh, robust and light-filled environment for studying
Duncan Place Library & Community Hub, Yorkshire
Duncan Place Library & Community Hub building design by EDable Architecture. It brings about positive change through a process of co-design
DUMO Office and Library Building, Antwerp, Belgium
DUMO Office and Library Building, Belgium, design by ZOOM architecten. Circular building wraps around rectangular bookcase spanning two levels
Golden Horn Library Istanbul building design
Golden Horn Library building design by Aytac Architects. It faces seven hills of Istanbul across water, each with its own monument. Turkish flying carpet!
Tiwu Kumangka Library, Blackwood, Adelaide
Designed by architects DesignInc, Tiwu Kumangka is located in Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia. The two-storey library is linking building form, landscape and reserve