Libraries
Rammed-earth domes will define Adjaye Associates’ Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library
MAD reveals Wormhole Library overlooking the South China Sea
Grassy hill forms skylight over RDHA’s Springdale Public Library near Toronto
Microlibrary Warak Kayu features a hammock-style floor and a swing
Atelier Tao+C lines walls of capsule hotel with bamboo bookshelves
Wolfgang Tschapeller adds suspended bookshelves to Cornell University library
Snøhetta unveils North Carolina library with scooped front
John Ronan creates affordable housing in Chicago with colourful balconies and a library
White Red Architects completes members-only study room in The British Library
X+Living creates the illusion of a myriad of staircases at Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore
MSR Design and JRA Architects tucks Kentucky library in a grove of trees
Jean Nouvel completes “earth-work” library at University of Cyprus
Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem unveil Oslo’s “huge but intimate” central library
Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen compete to design Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
Steimle Architekten transforms traditional German barn into Kressbronn Library
Diamond Schmitt Architects designs Ottawa public library and archive centre with wavy roof
Hunters Point Library slapped with lawsuit for inaccessibility issues
Steven Holl dismisses concerns over new Long Island City library as “wrinkles”
Steven Holl punctures concrete New York library with “sculpted cuts”
Snøhetta designs Temple University’s Charles Library with “unusual geometry”
Emma Olbers Design adds new furnishings to The Old Library in Stockholm
Curving stone walls surround the Hefei River Central Smart Garden Library in China
LUO Studio builds Shared Lady Beetle micro library from abandoned bicycle