- Oslo's new library opens June 18
- Deichman Bjørvika, the new city library for Oslo, was originally due to open on March 28, but the COVID-19 situation made it impossible.
- 28 May 2020
2020 News
Designing Libraries News Archive 2020
- Erasmus University Rotterdam Library renovation
- Meetings, working together and studying together are the main objectives of the library design...
- 07 May 2020
- New library and community park
- In the City of Brampton, west of Toronto, the Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park provides the suburban community with a new public library and park.
- 27 Apr 2020
- Media library in a landscape
- The new media library in Pelissanne, in the heart of Provence, is an interesting recent project designed by Dominique Coulon & Associes.
- 24 Apr 2020
- FG completes Havana library project
- FG Library & Learning were invited to design a new library within a refurbished space at the International School of Havana, Cuba.
- 12 Feb 2020
- Town House to open at Kingston University
- Town House, a new library and learning centre and a gateway to the University, is due to open in early 2020, representing the first phase of the University's vision for the future.
- 30 Jan 2020
- Ludinghausen: small but beautiful
- In the small town of Ludinghausen, after ten months of renovation and a complete refurbishment, an ultra-modern and attractive library has been created.
- 09 Dec 2020
- Designed to inspire
- The Lammhults Design Group has this year completed two inspirational library interiors with their usual flair for contemporary library design.
- 08 Dec 2020
- Winning proposal for Ibsen Library
- Kengo Kuma & Associates' design proposal has been selected for the new Ibsen Library in Skien, Norway, Henrik Ibsen's birthplace.
- 03 Nov 2020
- Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library
- Adjaye Associates has published its designs for the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library which includes a learning centre, museum, gallery and event spaces.
- 26 Nov 2020
- A bookshop in a paddy field
- Architects TAO-Trace have created a bookshop from an abandoned house with three surviving rammed-earth walls in the village of Xiadi, in the Chinese province of Fujian.
- 02 Nov 2020
- A library in rural Nepal
- Following a period of voluntary work in the mountain region of Rasuwa in Nepal, a new library for children has now opened.
- 21 Oct 2020
- The hospitable library of the future
- Huis van Eemnes (The Netherlands) is a new culture house. It is an inspiring third place to meet, create and participate, where both organised and spontaneous activities take place.
- 08 Oct 2020
- Helping libraries thrive in uncertain times
- It's not business as usual for libraries, and businesses that serve libraries have been quick to move to support library services in these uncertain times.
- 05 Oct 2020
- Optimising learning space
- Birmingham City University (BCU) makes the most of agile and flexible working with LapSafe's largest installation of their self-service laptop loan lockers.
- 03 Sept 2020
- The concrete wormhole library
- MAD Architects have released images of the concrete library under construction in the coastal Hainan Province of China.
- 13 Aug 2020
- Safe working: an architectural perspective
- Ayub Khan, service manager at Warwickshire County Council, introduces this new practical guide produced by architects IF_DO.
- 16 Jul 2020
- Designing the online experience
- How can a library catalogue online be designed differently? How do you build different ways of accessing the collection both for online and onsite experiences?
- 15 Jul 2020
- BRAINSTORM will light up Oslo
- The artwork BRAINSTORM by Lars Ramberg has taken three years to produce; a gigantic piece of conceptual art: over 400m of handmade glass tubing.
- 02 Jul 2020
- Library Buildings in Europe
- LIBER Architecture Group has redesigned and released its database of new libraries in Europe.
- 24 Jun 2020
- The safe reopening of libraries
- As libraries move towards reopening, where can we turn to for information and guidance on safe opening for both users and staff, when business as usual is not an option?
- 01 Jun 2020
- The living room behind the bookshelves
- The two story glass facade of the public library in Dornbirn, Austria, is a curtain layer containing 8,000 ceramic batons symbolising bookshelves.
- 28 Dec 2020
- Landmark new library for Bristol
- The University of Bristol has submitted a planning application for its landmark new library, which will transform the heart of its Clifton campus.
- 10 Feb 2020
- Ottawa's new library revealed
- Designs have been revealed for the new joint library and archives facility to be built in Ottawa, Canada.
- 25 Jan 2020
- What Nottingham Central Library will look like
- Images of the proposed design of the new Nottingham Central Library, from architects FaulknerBrowns, have been released.
- 24 Jan 2020