Capital

The main idea of the project became that assumption, that the building of the  National Library building, while retaining all its previous advantages and modernist character become more intuitive, ergonomic and ecological. It was decided to give the interiors of the reading rooms a new, proper hierarchy and, through the natural materials used, to emphasize their rank. The National Library building was designed in the 1960s by architect Stanislaw Fijalkowski and his team. Changing over the years requirements for storing and access to the collection as well as the technical conditions of the building itself have forced its modernization in terms of reading rooms and public spaces. In 2015, a two-stage architectural competition... More