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MVRDV has won the competition to design Wuhan, China’s new central library. The firm revealed the design for Wuhan Library, which has a canyon of books formed by a succession of sloping terraces. Wuhan Library is a 140,000 square meter project that will be “one of the largest libraries in China,” integrating traditional and modern uses and includes a variety of study, living room, reading, and studio areas.

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a large glass building sitting on the side of a road

https://flic.kr/p/zBSXoN | Seattle Central Library | Seattle Central Library, Seattle, USA. Architects: Rem Koolhaas, oshua Prince-Ramus (OMA + LMN) Built: 2004 Area: 38300.0 sqm Location: Seattle, WA, USA. facebook foto-ml.pl instagram 500px

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people are standing in the middle of a large room with tables and bookshelves

The new Macau Central Library will be located by the Tap Seac square in the historical center of Macau, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is situated on the site of the former Hotel Estoril (designed by the Macau- born Portuguese architect, Alfredo Victor Jorge Álvares), which was the first...

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a large building that is next to some tall buildings

https://flic.kr/p/ADEjL6 | Seattle Central Public Library | Seattle Central Public Library, designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) [Rem Koolhaas/Joshua Prince-Ramus] Seattle, Washington. All rights reserved. No use & distribution without express written permission. Strictly enforced.

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an empty library with many bookshelves and tables full of books in the middle

On June 18th, Oslo’s new public library, Deichman Bjørvika, opened its doors to the public. Located on Oslo’s waterfront, and spanning six floors and 140,000 square feet, “Norway’…

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an architectural drawing shows the floor plan for a building with multiple levels and various rooms

As part of our mini series of Stage 1 proposals submitted to the Helsinki Central Library competition, here is the entr...

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an architectural rendering of the first floor plan and second floor plan

Northside Library by NBBJ, Libraries are in transition. Once a point of knowledge dissemination and quiet introspection, they are becoming places to meet, socialize, study, hang out and plugin. Historically, we have seen a library’s civic value shift from a place for things, now, to a place for people.

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