New from Designing Libraries

New from Designing Libraries

Woodlock Hall Library, All Hallows Campus, Dublin City University (DCU)
DCU Library service opened its third library building in January 2022 on the All Hallows Campus in Drumcondra on the Northside of Dublin City. This is a beautiful addition to the Scott Tallon Walker Design on the Glasnevin campus and the Cregan Library designed by Taylor Architects located across the road on St. Patrick’s Campus.
06/01/2023
Green Libraries Manifesto
Library services across the UK are invited to sign up to a new Green Libraries Manifesto - developed to encourage the sector to lead by example by taking actions to reduce their own environmental impact, and by inspiring others to do the same.
17/10/2022
Warm and Safe Libraries
Libraries across the UK are being encouraged to extend a warm welcome - quite literally - to customers new and old to help them through the cost-of-living crisis.
17/10/2022
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library: Revisit
The Library of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) opened to much acclaim in 2017 and was featured on the Designing Libraries Library Projects webpage. In 2019 the Library won the SCONUL Design Award in the Small Library category sparking further interest for those with a special interest in library building design.
30/09/2022
Dunfermline Library
This library holds a special place in library history as it is the first of 2,509 Carnegie libraries Andrew Carnegie endowed throughout the world!
30/09/2022