A new LEED Gold civic center will reinvigorate downtown Long Beach
As part of Long Beach’s largest public-private partnership effort to date, international architecture firm SOM...
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...
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...
"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...
3GATTI hopes to land a 'green spaceship' in Madrid
3GATTI Architecture Studio has unveiled a spectacular design for a new public library in Madrid. The firm envisions...
Hidden in the Vinhedo rainforests of Brazil, this glass house was built for a scholar
The architects at Atelier Branco Arquitetura were asked to build a glass house that could accommodate the owner’s...
Recycling can get kids free books in southern Italy
An Italian bookseller has come up with a novel way to promote recycling. Michele Gentile, who owns Ex Libris Cafe...
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...
