Library

Snøhetta's Beijing Sub-Center Library will feature glazed walls and tree-shaped columns, as well as a forest canopy-like roof. Visitors will enjoy a light-filled environment that plays on the idea of sitting under a tree and reading a book.

MAD Architects wowed us with its initial concept for the Wormhole Library and happily the finished design looks just as out-of-this-world as the renders. The project, now renamed Cloudscape of Haikou, has now opened to visitors in China.

Foster + Partners has completed a new library in the United Arab Emirates. The glazed building is shaded by a large overhanging roof and screens, and offers respite from the desert landscape with lush gardens, inside and out.

MAD Architects consistently puts out the most interesting projects around and the firm's out-of-this-world Wormhole Library is no exception. The project is nearing completion and new construction photos offer a closer look at its unusual form.

Sir David Adjaye's firm has unveiled an interesting new project that is envisioned as a collection of granaries. The Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library will have significant sustainable design, including a rammed earth facade and solar power.

Snøhetta has unveiled its design for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota. Rising out of the landscape like a grassy hill, it will feature an expansive green roof on which visitors will be able to walk and gaze at the view.

Resembling some kind of alien structure, MAD Architects' Wormhole Library is conceived as multipurpose destination for visitors to escape the bustle of every day life. The project is already under construction and is due to be completed in 2021.

Snøhetta's recently-completed Charles Library at Temple University features a striking granite and wood exterior, and is topped by a large green roof.

A library with a train track running through it and another with a design meant to maximize natural light inside feature in the 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. Whether you're a bookworm or not, the awards offer an opportunity to check out high-projects by some top-tier architects.

​​Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has added the finishing touches to an impressive interior space inside an old railway station in Holland, rebirthing it as an "urban living room" known as the LocHal Library.