Timber children’s library follows traditional techniques
The Pingtan Book House is a traditional timber construction house in China built with an internal staircase and...
Edwardian library in London receives a new wood pavilion
In ancient days, libraries were centers of learning and collaboration, places where knowledge could be shared and...
Nature is the teacher at this language school in China
The Nanshan Foreign Language School is an elementary and middle school campus that contains a library, a gym, classrooms,...
Largest design fair in Milan explores the future of cities
Italian architect and designer Mario Cucinella revealed a sustainable installation called Design with Nature. It...
A little library provides a space for mental health
For the past two years, headlines and realities of the global COVID-19 pandemic has brought stress, worry and loss....
Canada library reflects elements of parks and shopping malls
Competitions are often an effective way to bring new ideas to the table. In the case of the Pierrefonds Public...
Energy-efficient Luxembourg library follows cradle-to-cradle principles
After five years of construction, architecture firm BOLLES+WILSON has completed the new home for the Bibliothèque...
Kengo Kuma designs inclusive Ibsen Library to wrap around a park
Kengo Kuma & Associates, Mad Arkitekter and Buro Happold Engineering have won a competition to design the Ibsen...
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library to honor conservation and community
After the passing of his wife and mother, Theodore Roosevelt traveled to the Badlands of North Dakota. Journeying...
LEED Platinum-certified Half Moon Bay Library targets net-zero energy
At three times the size of its predecessor with a recently minted LEED Platinum certification, California’s Half...
Charles Library boasts one of Pennsylvania’s largest green roofs
Contemporary, sustainable and welcoming, Temple University's new Charles Library in Philadelphia raises the bar...
LEED Gold-targeted library and community park has otherworldly appeal
Toronto-based architecture firm RDHA has completed the Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park, a new inclusive...
Indonesian Microlibrary uses prefab FSC-certified timber
In the Indonesian city of Semarang, international architecture firm SHAU has completed Microlibrary Warak Kayu,...
LEED Gold-targeted Ottawa library will honor local history
After nearly a year of public input by Canadians from coast to coast, Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects...
San Francisco library boasts a green roof and LEED Gold status
When Hacker Architects redesigned a historic, 1969 branch library in the southeastern Bayview neighborhood of San...
“Embroidered filtering skin” helps library regulate light
French design practice Serero Architectes Urbanistes has recently completed the new Bayeux Media Library, a light-filled...
Near net-zero energy Helsinki Central Library boasts an award-winning, prefab design
Helsinki has entered a “new era of libraries” with the completion of Oodi, the Helsinki Central Library that...
MASK Architects design a sustainable pavilion nestled in a German forest
Turkish architect Öznur Pınar Çer’s firm MASK Architects has designed a sustainably minded pavilion proposed...
Urban waste is upcycled into an adorable, beetle-shaped micro library on wheels
Beijing-based firm LUO Studio has just unveiled an adorable mobile micro library crafted out of upcycled industrial...
Sydney’s vibrant Green Square Library and Plaza collects and reuses rainwater
Former marshland in Sydney has been transformed into the new Green Square Library and Plaza, a striking project...
Aquaponic gardens bring life to an unused balcony in an architects’ office
When a young architecture start-up in Vietnam went looking for office space, the Farming Architects team, led...
New library in Hanoi aims to show young children the benefits of aquaponics in an urban setting
While most libraries tend to be filled with nothing more than books, the new VAC library (an abbreviation of the...
Calgary Central Library is wrapped in a striking, snowflake-like facade
Calgary’s new Central Library has just opened its doors to the public — and it’s a thing of elegant, energy-efficient...
Earthquake-resistant Christchurch Central Library is a stunning symbol of rebirth
Nearly eight years after multiple massive earthquakes ravaged the New Zealand city of Christchurch, Schmidt Hammer...
A sustainable campus is built from 22 recycled shipping containers
The International Sustainable Development Studies Institute in Thailand is taking its own teachings to heart with...
This canopy walkway elevates Shenzhen library-goers into the treetops
A new pagoda-like library in China’s megacity of Shenzhen sweeps visitors above the tree canopy with an elevated...
Futuristic library pops up in an ancient Chinese city
Incredible, futuristic-looking libraries have been taking root across China, including in one of the country’s...
A 17th-century Spanish hospital gets transformed into a cozy library
When Madrid-based design practice Murado & Elvira Architects won a competition to turn the ancient Sancti Spiritus...
100% solar-powered Fiji resort combines 5-star luxury with sustainability
Luxury travel doesn’t have to come at the expense of the environment. At Six Senses’ new Fiji Resort, visitors...
Architects convert old Dutch church into a gorgeous library
Dutch firm Molenaar & Bol & van Dillen Architects breathed new life into a 19th-century church by turning...
