Prefabricated modular library by Dot Architects built in just seven days
Dot Architects has completed a school library in rural China constructed in a week by amateur builders using the WikiHouse open-source architecture platform. More
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"Calgary's New Central Library is an example of the best practices in modern monument making"
Why can't all public libraries be as warm and welcoming as Snøhetta and Dialog's New Central Library for Calgary, asks Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More
COBE's wedge-shaped library references its modernist surroundings
Danish architecture firm COBE has completed the wedge-shaped Tingbjerg Library and Culture House for a school in Copenhagen that narrows to a width of just 1.5 metres at either end. More
Snøhetta and Dialog's New Central Library for Calgary features vast wood-lined atrium
Architecture firms Snøhetta and Dialog have completed a new hub for Calgary's public library system, with a crystalline exterior and an atrium clad in timber slats. More
Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps earthquake-resistant Christchurch library in golden screen
Christchurch Central Library has been designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen as a "symbol of hope, unity, and rebirth" for the city in New Zealand, which was ravaged by an earthquake in 2011. More
Gonzalez Moix designs Biblioteca Sur community library in Lima
A library by Gonzalez Moix Arquitectura is the latest addition to a cultural complex in the residential district of La Molina, Peru, which also includes a plaza, school, and public park. More
Sameep Padora creates undulating brick roof to cover school library in India
Sameep Padora & Associates looked at the forms of vaulted brick ceilings found in Catalonia to develop the complex curved roof of this extension to a children's library in the Indian town of Kopargaon. More
Check out the best library design via our Pinterest board
We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to libraries, including a MVRDV library designed to look like a huge 3D eyeball and a Shenzhen library in a park that features treetop walkways. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
Tonkin Liu transforms agricultural shed into "container for books and art"
Architecture studio Tonkin Liu has converted a barn in the English county of Yorkshire into a house featuring a double-height library and a gallery space flanked at either end by huge windows. More
New York Public Library launches Insta Novels to make literature "more accessible"
The New York Public Library is posting versions of classic books and accompanying animations to its Instagram stories, encouraging the digital generation to read more. More
Xiangmi Science Library connected to park by glazed walkway through treetops
Cantilevered metal roofs shade the glazed walls of this library designed by MLA+, which is connected by a treetop walkway to Shenzhen's Xiangmi Park. More
Kaan Architecten's Utopia combines music school and library
Kaan Architecten has extended a 19th century school to create the Utopia building in Aalst, Belgium, which contains a music school and library. More
OMA's Qatar National Library opens in Doha
Dutch architecture firm OMA has completed its Qatar National Library building in Doha, which features tiers of marble bookcases set within a single open-plan space. More
Alabama architecture students convert historic bank into library for rural town
A brick bank building in Alabama dating to the early 1900s has been transformed into a community library by Rural Studio, a student design-build programme dedicated to social projects. More
Mecanoo reveals renovation plans for New York Public Library
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has unveiled its masterplan to overhaul the New York Public Library's main beaux-arts building on Fifth Avenue. More
David Adjaye's red library and events complex in Florida wins approval
British architect David Adjaye's plans to create a "micro village" of red cultural buildings in Florida's Winter Park have been granted planning permission. More
Winning design revealed for new library at London's brutalist Thamesmead estate
Architecture studio Bisset Adams has won a competition to design a lakeside library and community centre in southeast London, as part of a major overhaul of the brutalist Thamesmead estate. More
MVRDV completes library shaped like a giant eye in Chinese city Tianjin
Dutch firm MVRDV has built a public library that looks like a huge eye, as part of a new cultural district in Tianjin, China. More
OFIS Arhitekti uses modular Living Units to create pop-up library overlooking Ljubljana
Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has found a new use for the micro house it designed earlier this year – the modular structure recently served as a temporary library in the grounds of Ljubljana Castle. More
Alvar Aalto library renovation wins Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2017
The Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2017 was awarded for the overhaul of the Harald Herlin Learning Centre, which was originally designed by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto, along with several other buildings on the campus.