Projects
Coelacanth K&H Architects
Kanazawa Umimirai Library
Ishikawa, Japan, 2011
A library for the future Reading – for the sake of knowledge or enjoyment, or to explore the world of the human imagination – is one o...
ikon.5 architects
Hockessin Public Library – New Castle County
Hockessin, DE, USA, 2008
The expansion of the Hockessin Public Library is a floating glass pavilion in a park. The existing library site is bounded by a major roa...
ikon.5 architects
Kirkwood Public Library – New Castle County
Kirkwood, DE, USA, 2009
Set along a commercial shopping strip highway, Kirkwood Public Library is designed as a roadside billboard announcing the public civic fu...
goetz partner architekten
Umbau Stadtbibliothek
Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 1998
Das aus dem 16. Jahrhundert stammende Gebäude wurde 1920-1923 zur Stadtbibliothek umgestaltet. Seither wurde die Stadtbibliothek nur...
STAR strategies + architecture
Auditorium Ciudad de Elche – Elche Auditorium
Elche, Spain
The city of Elche is carrying out its biggest and most relevant projects during one of the worst economic crises: the Mirador del Palmera...
STAR strategies + architecture
Secret Spaces
Zaragoza, Spain
Designing in section, not in plan. Spain has suffered in recent years from an incredible rise in the cost per square metre...
STAR strategies + architecture
House of Arts and Culture
Beirut, Lebanon
After studying the brief of the competition, it was a surprise not to encounter the word Icon once. The brief talks about a strong presen...
Shigeru Ban Architects
Seikei University Library
Tokyo, Japan, 2006
A traditional library is defined as a quiet place for study, yet the new Seikei University Library defines a new id...
M&S Architekten
Arcade Meidling
Wien, Austria, 2000
On a total area of approximately 27.000 m² this multifunctional building contains a shopping mall, public services, office and residentia...
M&S Architekten
Library Schwendergasse
Vienna, Austria, 2002
The Schwendergasse library in Vienna's 15th district is housed in a block from the 1970s, along with a music school and an adult educatio...
HerbstKunkler Architekten
Bibliothek der Universität und der Hochschule
Osnabrück, Germany, 2015
- Planung und Realisierung nach Wettbewerb 1. Preis. Der kompakte Baukörper der Biblioth...
KSP ENGEL
National Library of China
Beijing, China, 2008
After almost four years under construction, the National Library of China in Beijing has been officially dedicated on Tuesday, 9 Septembe...
ennead architects
William J. Clinton Presidential Center
Little Rock, AR, USA, 2004
The architectural and site design of this Presidential complex maximizes public park acreage, resp...
schlaich bergermann partner
4th Extension of the National German
Leipzig, Germany, 2011
The 4th extension building of the German Library in Leipzig provides new storeroom space of 26.2 million units, a reading room and workin...
Schädler & Zwerger Architekten
Zentrum für medizinische Forschung, 2.BA
Mannheim, Germany, 2008
Planung und Errichtung eines Erweiterungsbaus der Bibliothek des ZMF Mannheim für die medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heid...
GLUCK+
Scholar's Library
New York, USA, 2004
A pure and elegant Platonic cube here matches the unity of the building's purpose and form, in both programmatic and metaphorical terms. ...
Marble Fairbanks
Slide Library
New York, USA, 2005
This project was completed both as a prototype research project to test computerized fabrication techniques, and to fulfill the immediate...
Marble Fairbanks
Glen Oaks Branch Library
Glen Oaks, New York, USA, 2013
Glen Oaks Branch Library replaces an existing one story facility with a new 18,000sf high performance, LEED certified building located at...
LEAP Laboratorio en Arquitectura Progresiva
Biblioteca + Mediateca Fernando del Paso
Ocotlán, Mexico, 2007
Gerber Architekten
King Fahad National Library
Riad, Saudi Arabia, 2013
Al-Olaya Street and King Fahad Street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, have become huge construction sites for many new office buildings. As a pe...
Snøhetta
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Alexandria, Egypt, 2002
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is built on a magnificent site alongside Alexandria's ancient harbor in the historic center of the city. The ...
Amateur Architecture Studio
Library of Wenzheng College at the Suzhou…
Suzhou, China, 2000
In designing the library, my purpose was to make people aware that they live between mountains and water, which is the garden style of Su...
kister scheithauer gross
Händelhaus-Karree
Halle/Saale, Germany, 2002
Starting point has been a defragmented old city district with the aim to rebuild its typical structure with in-ner court yards and passag...
Schädler & Zwerger Architekten
Zentrum für medizinische Forschung
Mannheim, Germany, 2001
Auf der Grundlage des 1998 eingereichten Beitrags für den EU-weiten Wettbewerb für Architekten & Investoren entstand auf dem Gelände ...
Schädler & Zwerger Architekten
Berufsakademie/ Duale Hochschule Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany, 2006
2. Rang, EU-weiter offener Architekten- und Investorenwettbewerb ...
Max Dudler
Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Centre
Berlin, Germany, 2009
Integrating twelve branch libraries and departmental libraries from the areas of the humanities, cultural, social and economic sciences, ...
GL Studio
Library of Dongguan Institute of Technology
Dongguan, China, 2004
The new campus of the Dongguan Institute of Technology at Songshan Lake comprises 12 building projects, the design of which is undertaken...
BMA
Zhongguancun Book Building
Beijing, China, 2003
A large bookshop with the total floor area of 8.800 sqm is located in an academic area of Beijing. The large shop space is characte...
HerbstKunkler Architekten
Bibliothek der Hochschule für Technik und…
Dresden, Germany, 2007
- Planung und Realisierung nach Wettbewerb 1. Preis. Durch die neue Bibliothek sollte die...
OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Seattle Central library
Seattle, USA, 2004
At a moment when libraries are perceived to be under threat from a shrinking public realm on one side and digitization on the other, the ...
Marpillero Pollak Architects
Elmhurst Branch Library
Queens, New York, USA
The existing Elmhurst Library is the second busiest circulating library within the Queens Library network. The new Elmhurst Library more ...
Schädler & Zwerger Architekten
Berufsakademie Villingen-Schwenningen, 1. BA
Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, 1997
Bei dem Grundstück handelt es sich um das ehemalige Uhren-Kienzle Areal am Rande der Innenstadt von Schwenningen, welches durch das Land ...