(1 September 2015) A modern General Science Library worth nearly VND51 billion (US$2.24 million) was inaugurated by the Han River in Da Nang on 31 August based on the upgrade and expansion of the old library. The library also consists of functional rooms including a reading room for children, a multimedia reading room, a room…
(23 August 2015) The new hall of Liaoning Provincial Library, with the construction area of 103,000 square meters and collection capability of 10 million books, opened to the public on 22 August. ChinaEconomicNet .com has the photoessay.
Denmark has named the Kista Public Library in Stockholm as the year’s best new public library. The Danish Agency for Culture and the IT firm Systematic have presented the “Systematic – Public Library of the Year Award 2015”. (16 August 2015) Sweden has the best public library when it comes to architecture, interior design, the…
(7 August 2015) The University of Michigan’s $55m renovation of the Taubman Health Sciences Library brings a range of new spaces and functions, but no books. The new library features state-of-the-art technology, a wide range of small and medium-sized classrooms, spaces for students from a variety of disciplines to work together and a floor dedicated…
(3 August 2015) Earlier this year, UTS Library undertook a project to refurbish the City Campus Library. Fifty percent of the Library Collection (low-use items only) was moved to a brand new facility, which created new areas in the Library for teaching and learning spaces. The new areas include: study rooms, a silent study area,…
(8 July 2015) Archohm, a multidisciplinary design studio offering design consulting for architecture, has recently completed the impressive concrete central library for the Shoolini University in Solan, India. It overlooks a beautiful green valley in the Himachal Pradesh region of the country set in the foothills of the Himalayan mountain range. Peacefully positioned in the…
(7 July 2015, Jiaojiehe) Nestled among the shimmering chestnut, walnut and peach trees of a deep valley surrounded by craggy hills, the tiny village of Jiaojiehe suffers from being close to the nation’s capital. The young flee easily to the big city, leaving the elderly behind, lonely and poor. In today’s China, villages like this…
(29 June 2015) Last week, a ground-breaking ceremony was celebrated for the new 30,000 square metre central library in Ningbo, China. schmidt hammer lassen architects won the competition in 2013 to design the 240 million RMB (€ 29 million) Central Library in the eastern port city of Ningbo. The new 30,000m2 library will house the…
(19 June 2015) Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Toyo Ito is at it again, this time crafting Seussian, lampshade-like ceiling fixtures made of polyurethane for a media center and library in Gifu, Japan. The profusely illustrated story in Curbed by Asad Syrkett of this spectacular lighting is here.
(18 May 2015) A Chinese architect has created what must be one of the world’s quietest reading spaces, on a beach outside the city of Qinhuangdao. Designing Libraries has the story.
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