- Winning design for Helsinki announced
- Modernisation programme for Sunderland's libraries
- Southwark to build new library in Camberwell
- Students praise learning spaces at Wakefield College
- Plans unveiled for Halifax library
- Library Building Awards announced
- Evaluating library buildings
- New library for Bradford city centre
- Contemporary Library Architecture
- Coventry Central Library reopens
- New Liverpool Central Library opens
- Green building award for Bradford
- Enter the SCONUL Library Design Awards
- Refurbishment of Blackburn Central Library begins
- Exeter's new central library development
- New look library for Christchurch
- Modernisation plan for Bury's libraries
- Funding boosts new library developments in Wales
- Hammersmith Library set for £2m upgrade
- New library built from shipping containers
- Dublin Central Library relocation planned
- Bristol's Junction 3 library opens
- Atkinson Centre library opens in Southport
- Library to be built in Wallsend retail centre
- Dorchester library refurbishment begins
- New library for Finchley housing development
- SLA Library Design Awards shortlist announced
- New libraries, new spaces - for young and old
- £37m campus library for Birmingham University
- RFID for the Royal College of Nursing
- University of Hull releases first transformation images
- New library opens in Derby
- Refurbishment for Carnegie library
- The library under the garden
- New library for Square Mile
- New £27.5m library for University of Leeds
- Library users say they need quiet libraries
- Kids allowed
- New libraries, new directions
- Library book vending machine for Warwickshire
- Helsinki University Library: vision, design, collaboration
- Work starts on new Totnes library
- Library users pitch for their ideal library
- Take the library design survey
- More services for libraries on the move
- First bookless public library to open this year
- Work nears completion on Liverpool Central Library
- Rotterdam Central Library gets its own 'hive'
- 2012 News Archive
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2011 News Archive
- A library for bike and book lovers
- New Norwegian library designed as an inviting space
- That circulation desk
- Palace Cinema reopens as library
- Learning commons space for University of Northampton
- Upgrade for Blackpool Library
- The new Stuttgart City Library
- Green library in a simple box
- Library of the future, now
- China's Liyuan library 'made of sticks'
- Libraries in the digital age
- SLA Library Design Award winner
- Impressive public architecture
- School libraries transformed by technology
- Download free books with this app
- Redevelopment of Elmer Square
- New library for Southsea
- Walsall installs RFID
- Callaghan Library for Ruskin College
- Self-service units for Woolwich
- D-Tech wins Blackpool tender
- Pods for hire at Northampton Library
- New step-by-step guide to planning a library relocation
- Cowbridge Library designed for changing times
- Royal opening of university library
- Refurbished Cardiff library reopens
- £157k Briercliffe Library revamp begins
- £1.9m refurbishment for Stockton library
- Swindon library gets fire safety upgrade
- Watford's winning college campus
- Rye Library opens in old Woolworth store
- Bridgend library relocation
- Award winning library
- New campus with 5 storey library in Edinburgh
- Next phase for Wolverhampton Central Library
- Didsbury Library set for overhaul
- 2010 News Archive
A library for bike and book lovers
The new $36-million City Centre Library in Surrey, Vancouver, has been cited as one of the Huffington Post's 11 best architectural moments of 2011.
The glass and concrete building, which opened last summer, was designed by Vancouver-based architect Bing Thom. It features tilted walls, spiralling white staircases and large windows to let in the light, reports the Vancouver Sun.
Not just books...
Features include 77,000 square feet on 4 floors, a LEED certified green building, café, meeting spaces, a Computer Learning Centre, wireless internet access and 80 computers for public use, a teen lounge and gaming room.
but bikes...
The Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition named the library Surrey’s most “bikeable building,” because of the modern design of its bike room, allowing safe uncluttered indoor bike parking for staff, convenient visitor bike parking located under cover and near the main entrance, and shower facilities and space to hang wet gear.
News links
- New Surrey library
- Report from the Vancouver Sun.
- Photo gallery
- View photos of the library opening.
- Surrey City Centre Library
- Surrey Libraries home page for the City Centre Library.
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