City library

SpaceInvader has completed the interior design of Stockroom, a transformative £14.5m cultural and creative hub at the heart of Stockport Town Centre. Commissioned by Stockport Council and funded through the Future High Streets Fund, the 30,537sq ft project reimagines a series of previously underused retail units as a dynamic and inclusive new creative hub, designed for learning, creativity, and community connection.  All images courtesy of Stockport Council Housed within Stockport’s Merseyway Shopping Centre, Stockroom has been transformed into a vibrant new venue that blends learning, culture, performance and play. It includes a modern library, children’s creative play and learning space, Stockport’s hist... More

The £7.6m transformation of the Grade I-listed John Rylands Library in Manchester - one of Europe’s finest neo-Gothic buildings and one of the great libraries of the world – is now complete, as the centrepiece of the Library’s 125th anniversary in 2025. The project, named ‘John Rylands Next Chapter’, was undertaken to protect and evolve one of Manchester’s most important, iconic and best-loved buildings. It was led by conservation architecture practice Donald Insall Associates, who worked in collaboration with Nissen Richards Studio, with the latter charged with the scheme’s permanent and temporary exhibition design structures and new wayfinding throughout. The project focus was the sensitive... More

The challenge in creating an art center for the municipality of Aalter consisted of transforming the existing shell spaces into an open, technically and acoustically effective building. An additional challenge was the fact that the building consisted of 2 floors below ground level. It was decided to retain all structural beams and columns and to place the entire building in a monotonous concrete-grey base. An open building for users and visitors with maximum visual interaction and daylight on all levels. Colour is used to define the public areas. As well as a slide to explore the youth library at -1. Giulia Frigerio The main purpose of art is still to connect people, which is why this new arts center is so important. The available s... More

Phive is much more than a Library. It is an exceptional public and cultural facility filled with community and exhibition spaces as well as the City of Parramatta’s Council Chamber. A new city landmark and a place where locals and visitors can meet, discover, learn and share. Around this multidisciplinary program, the design is infused with innovation and sensitivity. Its shape is sculpted within the angle of the winter sun plane, respecting access to sunlight in the public square all year round. The roof takes on a slight curve to the top of the new civic spire, with colours moving from bright to pale at the top, allowing the building to feel like it is reaching into the clouds. Brett Boardman Colour is an important element of... More

The reconstruction of the T-building for the Rijeka City Library is a key part of a project aimed at revitalizing the former Rikard Benčić industrial complex into a new cultural district. Originally constructed in the late 19th century for a cigar factory, the building later became part of the Rikard Benčić ship engine factory. Domagoj Blažević Domagoj Blažević Domagoj Blažević The T-building is a notable industrial structure, showcasing characteristic design features of its era, including a stone masonry frame and cast-iron columns in its interior. The façade is enhanced with prefabricated brick elements. Due to its proportions and architectural articulation, the building is now recognized as an important landmark wi... More

Chevalier Morales is thrilled to announce that the Mont-Laurier Library project has received a Canadian Architect Award of Merit. These prestigious awards are presented annually, recognizing outstanding architectural achievements in areas such as conceptual, material, and procedural innovation; exemplary sustainability strategies; and support for social justice, reconciliation, equity, and inclusion. This peer recognition is of great importance for the firm’s collaborators, reaffirming the team's ongoing commitment to creating architecture that strives to innovate in how it engages with modern realities in both construction and design. Located in the heart of the Hautes-Laurentides, an area rich with trees and mountains, the Mont-Lau... More

The living bridge - Linking the landscape and connecting the community. The ‘Geomdan Museum·Library Cultural Complex’, a future ‘green’ cultural landmark emerging from the symbiosis of landscape, cityscape and traces of the past. By gathering the program of the library, museum and education facility under one roof, the reduced footprint of the building allows for structural and energetical and logistical optimization. Each part of the program can share cores and amenity and public space all the while functioning as seperate entities. kincreatives kincreatives kincreatives By its organic shape following the natural curve of the culture park the museum Library magnifies the esthetic of the park... More

Since China won the Winter Olympic bid in 2016, Chinese ski resorts have significantly raised in popularity and are now coveted winter destinations. While the slopes remain the biggest attraction of these sites, the complementary facilities make an important difference when customers choose a destination. It is with the desire to stand out and offer better experiences to its visitors, that the Fulong Ski Resort invests in a 2,000 m2 Library and Café at the heart of their compound. RhineScheme GmbH General Description The project is located in Chongli district, a mountainous area of Zhangjiakou in Hebei province (about 200 km from Beijing) where most of the 2022 Winter Olympics skiing events took place. The task consists of the... More

The Renewal、Reuse、Renovation  and Sustainability of Public Building “Demolishing is a decision of easiness and short term,”said Anne Lacaton. “It is a waste of many things – a waste of energy, a waste of material, and a waste of history.” Metaviz Studio The sense of life in architecture lies in the duration of time, which is closely related to the usage scenario. However, buildings also have their own life cycle, whether it is the decline of the building's own functions, changes in social demands or new requirements by local policies, all of which become opportunities for old buildings to be rejuvenated. Metaviz Studio Renovation: Changes in Architectural and Spatial Functions Li City Study i... More

Nestled in Framingham’s suburban Nobscot neighbourhood is a spectacular new library that is drawing visitors of all ages. The 17,000 square foot Christa McAuliffe Library officially opened on May 15, 2016 and now holds over 65,000 books. The library is triple the size of the former branch library, with six times as many public computer stations. Damianos Photography Proper lighting is crucial to the overall success of a library. Sladen Feinstein lighting design team specified Fluxwerx’s Profile LED luminaires to create a glare-free and visually comfortable reading and study environment. The small aperture and high output of Profile fixtures made them a design-conscious and efficient choice. Suspended 25 feet from the ceili... More

Across one and a half floors of the recently strengthened Harbour City Centre, HMOA has created a welcoming hub and meeting place on Wellington's Golden Mile.  Te Awe is a temporary library while Wellington awaits the seismic strengthening of the Central Library in Civic Square, designed by Ian Athfield. Caption "Te Awe Library is a welcoming public space for the community to make its own, whether as a living room, a study area, or a place to simply pause," NZIA Awards Jury comment, "... the architect deployed a design strategy to craft a public space that is generous in both spatial experience and quality". Photo: Andy Spain An internal street links the two entranceways and a cafe, designed by Alistair Cox, is carefully in... More

Sadra library design initiated by the fundamental researches in order to illustrating the strengths and the weaknesses of the project context.As the result, two main goals were considered: Caption 1-In association with city:Creating an interactive form in relation with nature. 2-In association with function:Rethinking og conventional and traditional library design concept and creating new spatial quality In order to reach the first aim and because the site location has dual view into city and nature, in first step the position of the form was determined.In fact,we related the shape in south-north direction in consistency with adjacent texture and for using natural light and view… Caption At first,due to the limited budg... More

The new library sits on a city-owned 2½ acre property, east of Market Street on Mission Inn Avenue, within walking distance of the Mission Inn and the city’s cultural and business district. The two-floor library volume sits 36 feet in the air on massive concrete piers, creating an 8,900-square-foot shaded outdoor public plaza as the entrance to the phase two paseo.  The new covered plaza will host evening performances, weekly farmers markets, book fairs and other community events.   A new City Archive, Community Room, and Friends of the Library Bookstore are at street level at the perimeter of the plaza. Caption The elevated library provides views of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains to the north. &nb... More

ClientArchideasYear2018LocationSan Francisco, California, United StatesProject authors:No Name Architecture (Archs. Ismael Preti, Juan Verdaguer Aguerrebehere, Nicolás Alejandro Giordano, Yasmin Hilén Mayor, Sebastian Rodrigo) Caption   Caption “Lost in knowledge” The San Francisco Bay presents a relationship with all the points of its perimeter through the form of communication that was most relevant and identitarian in the city: the nautical routes.The project is linked to the most important natural element in the bay: water.It seeks to vindicate nautical communication, through a device inserted in the water, that enhances and reactivates disused docks.Multiple experiences generated with the pur... More