Libraries
Primus Arkitekter transforms Fritz Hansen factory into a library and cultural centre
Mecanoo scales back additions to Mies van der Rohe’s Washington DC library
Vector Architects completes a seaside library with board-marked concrete walls
Gianluca Gelmini inserts an angular iron staircase inside a medieval Italian fortress
Schmidt Hammer Lassen designs new library for earthquake-damaged Christchurch
Paris library by Agence Pascale Guédot angles around an old walnut tree
Caruso St John to “restructure” Asplund’s Stockholm City Library
Hawaii unveils designs for Obama Presidential Centre bid
Metallic polygonal roof tops La Madeleine library by Tank Architectes
Granite-clad library by Carr Cotter & Naessens faces out over the Irish Sea
Subterranean tunnel links Seinäjoki library by JKMM Architects with Aalto’s 1965 building
Herzog & de Meuron unveils curving stone design for contentious Israel library
Omgeving’s black brick library in Zoersel is subdivided into smaller blocks
Schmidt Hammer Lassen completes Scandinavia’s largest library
Studio Farris adds rusty steel extension to a library in Bruges
Adjaye in the frame for Obama library ahead of official announcement
Ateliers O-S adds golden metal walls to cultural centre beside a French cemetery
Cladding panel falls off Zaha Hadid’s Vienna library
French village library by Studio 02 Architectes presents a gridded facade of wood and glass
Halifax library by Schmidt Hammer Lassen comprises four stacked blocks
White concrete cultural centre by DRDH nestles up against a Norwegian harbour
Curving voids pierce the floors of Anttinen Oiva Architects’ Helsinki library
Restoration of Alvar Aalto’s Viipuri Library wins 2014 Modernism Prize
