This sinuous, green-roofed Media Library in France looks like it floats in mid-air
With a sinuous, meandering form that blurs the line between interior and exterior, the new Media Library in Thionville,...
Washington’s new Tukwila Library is topped with a carbon-negative green roof
Architecture firm Perkins+Will recently announced the completion of King County's Tukwila Library – a 10,000-square-foot...
Platinum LEED Carnegie Library in Athol merges the old with the new
Boston architecture firm Tappé Architects have merged the old with the new in the transformation of this historic...
Microlibrary built with 2,000 recycled ice cream buckets tackles illiteracy in Indonesia
The project was realized as the first built prototype of a series of small libraries planned for several locations...
Boxy new library by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects designed to regenerate Halifax
The library, comprising four slightly tilted volumes, reflects the historical axis between the Halifax Citadel...
Kengo Kuma unveils plans for spiraling timber-clad library in Sydney
The building will be located at Darling Harbor, adjacent to the city center, and will include an "Innovation Exchange...
Amazing digital brick envelope envelops Harvard’s Tozzer library
The recently completed building, which now houses Harvard's Anthropology Department, is a 35,000-square-foot LEED...
Daylit family house in South Korea combines inclusiveness and privacy under one pitched roof
The house, located in South Korea's second largest city, is divided into three different spaces, each with different...
California’s Stevens Library is the very first net-zero energy library in the US
The library features several energy-saving strategies including a photovoltaic system which provides all the energy...
Locke JetSpace: Awesome Hexagonal Book Towers Update Boring School Library
Green Dot Public Schools and No Right Brain Left Behind recently launched Locke JetSpace, a transformed public...
MS&R Architecture Transforms a Vacant Wal-Mart Into an Enormous Public Library
After its extreme makeover, the former big-box store is hardly recognizable. The cavernous, warehouse-like building...
BIBLIO-Centrum: A Green-Roofed Solar-Powered Library for Helsinki’s City Center
BIBLIO-Centrum - from the Greek word for book and the Latin word for center – is a cultural hub designed by Dinkoff...
Golden Gate Valley Library is a Solar-Powered LEED Gold Renovation in San Francisco
Originally the Golden Gate Valley Library was named the Carnegie Library and was completed in 1918 in the Beaux-Arts...
Canada Water Library is a Green-Roofed Library of the Future in London
The Canada Water Library by CZWG is part of a larger project to regenerate the area around the Canada Basin on...
India’s LEED Gold Anna Centenary Library is the Largest and Greenest Library in Asia!
The LEED Gold Anna Centenary Library located in Kotturpuram, India is the largest library in Asia and one of the...
Vennesla Library’s Ribbed Prefab Design Features Energy Efficient Strategies in Norway
Vennesla Library by Helen & Hard is also a community center that provides an important cultural space in the...
‘The Motion’ Bookshelf Doubles as a Curvaceous Rocking Chair!
There's nothing quite like settling into a comfy seat to read a good book, and it's even better when your bookshelf...
Surrey Crowdsources Inspiration For New $30 Million Green Library on Facebook
Surrey City Centre Library, British Columbia's latest architectural landmark, was designed with the input of hundreds...
Perkins+Will’s Green-Roofed Sammamish Library Soaks Up The Sun In Washington
Located on one side of Sammamish's Civic Plaza, the library serves as a "bookend" for the town's public areas....
Renzo Piano Unveils Green-Roofed Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center for Athens
The cultural center has been in the works since 2009, but the final plans were only just revealed at the end of...
6,000 Circular Windows Flood Japan’s Kanazawa Library With Light
The 45 x 45 meter building kept complexity to a minimum in order to make the most of available space and daylight....
Green-Roofed Minneapolis Central Library is a Civic Lesson on Eco Design
The Central Library links the arts district to the west and a major shopping and business district to the east....
BiebBus: Amazing Dutch Children’s Library Pops Up Inside a Shipping Container
Traditionally, portable library buildings would park at schools to offer kids the opportunity to check out books....
Mecanoo’s TU Delft Library Crowned With a Massive Green Roof
While we have been overwhelmed by many mountainous green buildings over the past year, the Tu Delf library has...
Mecanoo’s Kaohsiung Library is a Giant Garden Cube Lined With Potted Plants
The 38,000 m2 facility would offer quiet space for those who want to read or research as well as for larger public...
UNStudio Unveils Green-Roofed Library of the Future for Belgium
UNStudio has unveiled designs for an Urban Library of the Future in Gent, Belgium that presents a refined sense...
Seattle’s Ballard Library Pairs a Sweeping Green Roof with Natural Light
A prominent feature of Northwestern architecture is exposed heavy glue-lams or wooden beams supporting and shaping...
Mexico City Public Library Surrounded by Botanical Garden
The botanical garden, just like the books and computers inside the library is a source of knowledge and acts to...
CLINTON LIBRARY GETS LEED PLATINUM
Gracing the river front of Little Rock, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum has just been...