Case studies

Our Lady’s R.C. High School Manchester

Designing a modern, dynamic library and learning centre for a brand-new secondary school in Manchester

Peckham Library London

A welcoming community space in the heart of Peckham…

The Ruth Gorse Academy Library Leeds

A space that promotes inclusiveness and wellbeing for students in order to promote peaceful study, reading for pleasure and careers support

St Stephen's Primary Church School Library Bath

A fresh, welcoming library space where children can relax and engage in reading for pleasure

Idsall School Library Shropshire

Made to empower young people to explore literature, expand their horizons and improve literacy.

Little Lever Health Centre and Library Bolton

A modern library at the heart of the community

Niort Public Library France

Beautiful new space

Sint Pieters Leeuw Public Library Belgium

Comfortable library with character

Halsnaes Public Library Denmark

The library brings nature inside

Taastrup Public Library Denmark

All round library for everyone!

Skiptvet Public Library Norway

Central Library In Skiptvet Municipality

St Paul's Cray Library Bromley

Library Refurbishment in Bromley Delights the Community!

Welwyn Garden City Library Hertfordshire

From author talks to baby rhyme times, there are events for everyone at this library.

Raimbeaucourt Library France

A welcoming community space for the city of Raimbeaucourt

Neath Library Wales

The main part of the project was the children's library which now incorporates a space themed area, and sensory Story Wall!

Malton Library North Yorkshire

Transformation of Malton's 1960s library, which sees 1,000 visitors a week, and is integral to the local community.

Greenhill Library Harrow

How Greenhill Library was transformed into a multi-purpose community, cultural and learning facility

Worthing Library

How Worthing Library was refurbished and transformed into a community hub, bringing various services under one roof

Eltham Public Library Greenwich London

Upcycled and new colourful features

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Library Dubai

Cultural landmark to home over a million titles!

Treorchy Library Wales

A new welcoming public library and community space to accomodate all ages

Pontypridd Library Wales

The award-winning £38 million community flagship development in Pontypridd

Mountain Ash Library Wales

The Mountain Ash library space in Rhondda Cyon Taf is in the heart of the town and benefits from a central location next door to the Community Hub

Rugby Library and Makerspace

As part of the Warwickshire Framework agreement Thedesignconcept fitted out Rugby Library and introduced a Makerspace

The Storyhouse Chester

Cinema, theatre, and library space

Southend University and Public Library

The Forum, a four storey, multi-million-pound integrated public and academic library serves the community in Southend, Essex

Milton Public Library Sherwood Branch

The Milton Public Library located in Milton, Ontario has been an integral part of the community since 1855.

Woodlock Hall Library Dublin City University

DCU Library service opened its third library building in January 2022 on the All Hallows Campus in Drumcondra on the Northside of Dublin City.

Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library: Revisit

The Library of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) opened to much acclaim in 2017 and won the 2019 SCONUL Design Award - Small Library category.

Access control at IALS

A new Access Control System is introduced to IALS, along with a user room booking system and a major RFID stock conversion programme.

Writtle University College, Chelmsford

Formerly an office block, the internal spaces were opened out to create four sociable study rooms available to students day and night.

Lancaster University

A logistical project to relocate over 12,000 linear metres of books and stock, as well as a number of staff, while the University underwent renovations

John Rylands Library

The safe, secure and accurate relocation of the John Rylands Library's entire collection from historic building into store and its return five years later.

University of Bedfordshire

The University of Bedfordshire recently invested £46m in a new state-of-the-art library at its Luton campus.

St Mary's University Naylor Library

The Naylor Library is a newly refurbished building with over 250 extra study places to suit different working styles, alongside an on-site cafe.

Bournemouth and Poole College

A project by FG Library & Learning for two campus sites at Bournemouth & Poole College shows how modern design can create flexible learning spaces.

St Patrick's College Dublin

Sole supply commission for 1400 pieces of furniture for a leading teacher education college.

Royal College of Nursing London

The £4m refurbishment and re-plan of the Royal College of Nursing, led by Bisset Adams.

Alan Gilbert Learning Commons

The Alan Gilbert Learning Commons is a 21st century learning environment at the University of Manchester.

City of Bristol College

A college library modernisation and transformation project with access to IT provision throughout and clearly identifiable study zones.

Norbury Library, Croydon

The newly refurbished library has re-opened in its carefully restored 1930s building.

Ingersoll Public Library Canada

Ingersoll Public Library is one of two large branches in the Oxford County Library system, Southwestern Ontario. It's now a much brighter & livelier space.

Carmarthen Library Wales

Carmarthen Library re-opened with state-of-the-art technology, more study space and improved stockholding, following a £2.6 million investment.

Newport Pagnell Library

Newport Pagnell Library, Milton Keynes, opened to the public in December 2019 following refurbishment by thedesignconcept

New library for 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.

Library @ the Lightbox Barnsley

Open to the public on 13th July 2019, Library @ theLightbox, Barnsley has become the cornerstone of the town

Edwinstowe Library Nottinghamshire

Designing a library for greater usage and better stock performance, and open up space for community use

The Riverside Haverfordwest Wales

Glan-yr-Afon (The Riverside) is an innovative new cultural centre in the heart of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Lichfield Library at St Mary's Centre

The challenge was to create a contemporary library space in a historic church setting, a challenge admirably met by Opening the Book.

Huddersfield Central Library

Transforming the Lending Library into a flexible space within the constraints of its listed building status: a case study.

Chelmsford Library

Chelmsford Library's new children's space and families hub is it at the heart of the city's family support services.

Woodseats Library Sheffield

Woodseats library forms part of a new community hub, offering a contemporary and inviting space for everyone.

Great Sankey Neighbourhood Hub Warrington

Great Sankey Neighbourhood Hub, Warrington, is seeking accreditation as the UK's first fully integrated dementia-friendly library and leisure building.

Sutton Central Library

A building with generous space that was previously underutilised, has been transformed by producing exciting designs and concepts for the space.

Moulton Library Northamptonshire

Moulton Library is a bright, colourful and vibrant space catering to the requirements of children under 5 to the elderly and dementia sufferers.

The Dales Centre Nottinghamshire

The Dales Centre was built as a hub to amalgamate Sneinton and Bakersfield districts of Nottingham.

Edmonton Green Library Enfield

The Edmonton Centre brings together a completely refurbished library set over two floors and the council's Customer Access facilities.

Grantown Library Highland

Grantown Library is situated in Grantown-on-Spey, a small, popular holiday town in the Highlands, with a population of around two and a half thousand.

Wick Library Highland

A challenging and innovative design solution to deliver a flexible space which works for a wide range of customers.

Denny Library Falkirk

A bright, welcoming, modern library for the people of Falkirk.

Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre

Merthyr created a recreational reading offer to enhance the services at the Leisure Centre, a short walk from the town and its busy Central Library.

Blyth Family History Library

A project to refurbish the existing family history area to house both lending and research materials at Blyth Library in Northumberland.

Gwent Archives

Harrow Green planned and carried out the sequential move of 7km of archival material to a new home for Gwent Archives.

National Railway Museum Archives

Behind the scenes at the NRM lies a vast railway archive and library, holding a unique accumulation of knowledge about the history of the railway.

Plymouth Central Library

Plymouth City Council's decision to relocate the library to the heart of the city was a strong influence on the design idea for the space.

Greenwich Centre Library

Thedesignconcept introduced stimulating and inspirational furniture, gadget bars and digital technology to this exciting library space.

Johnstone Public Library

Within days of the handover to Renfrew Council Johnstone Town Hall was awarded 'Development of the Year (Public Buildings)' at the Scottish Property Awards

Palmers Green Library Enfield

After a year-long closure, the library opened its doors to a multitude of new features installed over the library's two floors.

Bromsgrove Library

Working with a limited furniture budget FG Library & Learning achieved excellent value for money without compromising the overall vision for the library.

Billingham Library and Customer Service Centre

A £2.7million Library and Customer Service Centre in Stockton on Tees, has opened on the site of the town's former Art Gallery and Council offices.

City Library Bradford

When asbestos was discovered in Bradford Central Library in 2012, the Council decided to move to a new smaller site in Centenary Square.

Barrow Central Library

The total renovation of Barrow Central Library, Cumbria, was set in a Grade II listed Beaux-Arts style building.

Claude Ramsey Library Greenwich

GLL and thedesignconcept worked together to fulfil a vision to break down boundaries between the co-located library and leisure centre.

Shirley Library Solihull

A design and bespoke furnishing project for Solihull Council that brought the street - and its streetwise readers - into the library.

Bullwell and Riverside

A public library was relocated as part of a £23 million project to provide a new joint service centre.

Kendal Library

A public library design project to incorporate existing shelving and introduce modern technology solutions.

Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill Library

An exemplification of future trends in libraries that featured as a case study at the 2013 Edge Conference in Edinburgh.

Derbyshire Record Office

Situated in a Victorian building spread over three floors, the new-look Record Office brings Derbyshire's past to life for residents, visitors and students

Craigmillar Library Edinburgh

The Craigmillar Library in Edinburgh has brought new hope and spirit to an area seeing renewed investment, with many services brought under one roof.

Bracknell Library

Working closely with the library's dedicated and passionate team thedesignconcept created an inviting space that encourages users to relax and linger.

Bridgeton Library, Glasgow

The iconic Olympia cinema site in Bridgeton has been restored to its former glory with the new library as the focal point of this regeneration initiative.

Wakefield One

The new library in the Wakefield One city centre service hub.

Woking Library

Woking's flagship library is Surrey's largest and busiest library with a clear vision for the facilities, aesthetics and visitor experience.

Canada Water Library

The Canada Water landmark aluminium clad public library, shaped like an inverted pyramid, was designed to house 40,000 books and 2,500 DVDs.

Idea Store Watney Market

Bisset Adams was architect and lead consultant on an ambitious, Big Lottery funded Idea Store on the Commercial Road at Watney Market.

Dorking Library

A popular public library moves into new premises.

Hillbourne Primary School New Library

From render to reality...

International School of Prague

Despite the pandemic, the International School of Prague used the 2020 summer to make improvements to its campus, including the Learning Innovation Hub.

Morna International College Ibiza

FG Library & Learning's experience was called upon to design a brand new library situated within a new extension at Morna International College, Ibiza.

Cwm Glas Primary School Swansea

Cwm Glas is a busy and exciting primary school in Swansea which seeks to encourage pupils to achieve personal excellence and their full potential.

Halton Lodge Primary School Runcorn

Halton Lodge Primary School craved a fresh and exciting design for the thoroughfare of their school.

Newcastle Prep Primary School

The school's aim was to bring their library to life with the use of bright, contemporary colours and introduce a woodland theme to the space.

Intake Primary School Doncaster

Intake Primary strives to create a positive, stimulating environment, where there is a real sense of belonging.

Carlton Primary School

A breath of fresh air for a tired library space that is now an inspiring reading place for pupils in this Wakefield village setting.

Henrietta Barnett School

The Henrietta Barnett School is a state grammar school for girls located in the Hampstead Garden Suburb Conservation Area of North London.

Hurstpierpoint College

Furniture and shelving solution for a new academic and creative hub.

Aquinas Sixth Form College

Aquinas Sixth Form College underwent a complete rebuild programme to take a fresh look at shaping student learning and support outside the classroom.

Haltwhistle Primary School

The school is located near the famous landmark Hadrian's Wall, which was chosen as the theme for this primary school library.

Birmingham City University

Birmingham City University (BCU) makes the most of agile and flexible working with LapSafe's largest installation of their self-service laptop loan lockers