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Designing Libraries

The centre for library design and innovation: a resource for planning and design, a database of library building projects and a marketplace for services.

Rugby Library & Makerspace
Rugby Library & Makerspace
Grünerløkka Library
Grünerløkka Library: a toolkit for localism
The Luxembourg Learning Centre
Inspiring learning: the Luxembourg Learning Centre
Kalk Library Cologne
Kalk Library Cologne: engaging the community
De Krook Library, Ghent
De Krook Library, Ghent

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New from Designing Libraries

New library, local studies and archive centre in Cornwall
A derelict brewery in Redruth Cornwall has been transformed into a modern archive and library space, with £11.7m funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
05/12/2019
2020 LIBER-LAG seminar programme
The Library Architecture Group of LIBER has announced the programme for its 2020 seminar at the Luxembourg Learning Centre.
04/12/2019
SCONUL Design Awards winners
The University of Birmingham Library is the winner of the medium to large library category, while the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Library has won the small library category.
03/12/2019
Oslo’s new main library
Deichman Bjørvika is Oslo’s new main library. The opening date of March 28, 2020 has just been announced. Here are the main facts about the new library.
02/12/2019
New Sydney library opens
The Exchange at Darling Square, designed by BVN, is now open. The new library and community hub had its official launch on Saturday 9 November.
29/11/2019
Sensory project transforms children’s libraries
Visit one of Merton’s award-winning libraries and you could find yourself in the heart of the forest, under the sea or at the South Pole being chased by racing penguins.
26/11/2019
Snøhetta’s vision for new library
Snøhetta has revealed the designs for the new Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, a scooped ceramic clad façade of a five-storey building that will offer a wide range of facilities.
25/11/2019

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