- De Valera Library and Súil Art Gallery Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland
- Designed by multi-ward winning Keith Williams Architects, the new De Valera Library & Súil Art Gallery, Ennis, Ireland was opened on 15th November 2024
Libraries
Inspiring library design projects from around the world, and video tours of selected libraries
- Whittington Barracks Burnett Library, Staffordshire
- Designing Libraries Director Ayub Khan asks Claire Butterfield, Senior Librarian at the library about worldwide provision for the Defence Medical Services.
- Town House Library, Kingston University
- Town House is Kingston University's landmark building on the Penrhyn Road campus
- Lambeth Palace Library
- Building on 800 years of history - the new Lambeth Palace Library
- Nottingham New Central Library
- A Hub of Regeneration and Community Engagement
- 1 Carrington St., Nottingham NG1 7FH, UK
- James B. Hunt Jr. Library, NCSU
- Snøhetta worked closely with NCSU Libraries to set a new benchmark for technologically-sophisticated collaborative learning spaces.
- 1070 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- University of Bedfordshire
- The construction of a new library for the University of Bedfordshire is a vital step in the on-going regeneration of the town centre campus in Luton.
- Vicarage St, Luton LU1 3JU, UK
- University of Roehampton
- The new university library is the centrepiece of an ambitious campus masterplan, characterised by a generous park and garden landscape.
- Roehampton Ln, London SW15 5PH, UK
- The Word, South Shields
- The design brief for the project asked: What should a library for the 21st century look like, and what should it offer to the public?
- Market Pl, South Shields NE33 1JF, UK
- Waterside Campus, University of Northampton
- The design of the campus has been informed by the rethinking of the University's organisational structures.
- Waterside Campus, University Dr, Northampton NN1 5PH, UK
- Oodi: Helsinki Central Library
- Helsinki Central Library Oodi serves visitors from the early hours till late in the evening seven days a week.
- Pysäköintialue, Töölönlahdenkatu 4, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
- Calgary's new Central Library
- Calgary Public Library has opened its doors to the highly anticipated new Central Library, representing a momentous occasion for the city of Calgary.
- 800 3 St SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0E7, Canada
- 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
- The Square, Grantown-on-Spey PH26 3HF, UK
- LocHal, the library in a loco shed
- The LocHal is a new, world-class urban living room for Tilburg in a former locomotive shed of the Dutch National Railways.
- Burgemeester Brokxlaan 1000, 5041 AA Tilburg, Netherlands
- The Mohammed Bin Rashid Library
- Libraries in the Middle East have developed remarkably in terms of construction, engineering and design.
- Al Jaddaf - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
- Hub Kerkrade
- How can a library, a theatre and other cultural partners exist together successfully under one roof? First, by breaking down partition walls...
- Theaterplein 30, 6461 DR Kerkrade, Netherlands
- The Hive at five
- The Hive in Worcester is a pioneering partnership between a university and a local authority with a shared belief in learning and inclusion.
- The Butts, Worcester WR1, UK
- De Krook Library, Ghent
- De Krook Library is a new cultural centre in the city of Ghent, capturing a spirit of timeless modernity and connection.
- Miriam Makebaplein 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Biblo Tøyen: a library just for kids
- The library, in a deprived area of Oslo, Norway, is rewriting the rules for creating library and social meeting places - with the help of kids themselves.
- Hagegata 22, 0653 Oslo, Norway
- Idea Store, Watney Market
- Watney Market Idea Store is a building designed to deliver a vibrant mixture of library, information, learning and community services.
- 260 Commercial Rd, London E1 2FB, UK
- The National Library of Latvia
- The National Library of Latvia is all about people with the user experience, openness, service quality and staff competence as its main priorities.
- Mūkusalas iela 3, Zemgales priekšpilsēta, Rīga, LV-1423, Latvia
- 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!
- 1 Abbot St, Dunfermline KY12 7NL, UK