Tag: library

The Dutch architectural firm MVRDV in collaboration with local architects TUPDI has completed the Tianjin Binhai Library, an extraordinary space for the city of Tianjin, China. In the heart of this unique building, which was built in only three years, a spherical auditorium...

Fashion designer Sonia Rykiel‘s pop-up store concept in Paris is half fashion boutique, half library, including walls lined all the way to the ceiling with books. Hidden amongst literary classics are Rykiel’s designs, mirrors, and pedestals showing off her designs....

For us zombies chronically living on the desk, the perfect background research is a long and dangerous path, with many fundamental variables not to be left second. One above all: the folder density floating on the desktop.   A just...

The new library in Vennesla comprises a library, a café, meeting places and administrative areas and links an existing community house and learning centre together. Supporting the idea of an inviting public space, all main public functions have been gathered...

Hackney Shed – Office in the Garden Situated in a domestic garden in Hackney, the new ‘shed’ replaces a dilapidated asbestos-ridden and spider-filled hut, and acts as a working studio for the Clients. Built to a limited budget and timescale,...

The metaphor of a tree house was invoked from the onset of design conceptualization to create an environment for learning via a journey of discovery and play. The use of skylights, trellises and colored glass transforms incoming daylight into a...

Amazing stop -motion animation video…!!! When bookstore closes,books begin to move. Enjoy the video! Via the autor: After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago (http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA), my wife and I decided to take it to the next level. We spent...

The city of Stuttgart, Germany has officially opened a marvelous new media center, the Stuttgart City Library.  This cavernous white wonder is unobtrusive in design, where the books and visitors provide the color to an otherwise neutral environment.  The visual...

The latest work from architect Sou Fujimoto who designed this stunning new library for the Musashino Art University in Tokyo. To dramatically emphasize the function of the building, Fujimoto chose to extend the bookshelves beyond the interior with immense external...

One of the most striking features of downtown Kansas City, MO, is the facade of the parking garage for the Central Branch of the public library. Covered in signboard mylar, the garage appears to be a row of books lined...