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MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has revealed its design for “Courtyard Kindergarten” in Beijing. Located on the site of a traditional siheyuan courtyard that dates back to 1725, MAD’s scheme inserts a ...

Early this month, the Snøhetta- and DIALOG-designed new Calgary Central Library opened its doors to the public. "We wanted to make a library that was absolutely intuitive, one where you could understand its en...

Over the course of 15 months in 2010 and 2011, Christchurch, the largest city of New Zealand’s South Island, was devastated by four major earthquakes that toppled a city known for its arts, culture and surrou...

Inspired by Danish modernism, Danish firm COBE have reinterpreted the historic architecture of Steen Eiler Rasmussen in its Tingbjerg Library and Culture House. COBE has created a new social and cultural dest...

Utopia, the Library and Academy for Performing Arts, housed within a brand new building designed by KAAN Architecten, has opened its doors to the Flemish city of Aalst. The 8.000 square-meter brick structure in...

Dutch practice MVRDV has completed the Tianjin Binhai Library, a 33,700m2 cultural centre featuring a luminous spherical auditorium around which floor-to-ceiling bookcases cascade. The undulating bookshelf is ...

In the city of Bandung in Indonesia, Dutch architects SHAU has designed a new micro-library with a façade made of 2000 recycled ice cream buckets. The building is situated in a small square with a pre-existi...

Shanghai studio XL-Muse has recently completed ‘Yangzhou Zhongshuge’, a library located in Zhen Yuan, China.  The designers took inspiration from the store's waterside location, as well as the area's arche...

Articulated around a mirrored spherical auditorium, this library designed by Dutch firm MVRDV in the Chinese city of Tianjin is nearing completion. The 34,200 m2 building forms part of the new Binhai Cultural C...

Beijing studio Vector Architects designed the Seashore Library on the white sands of a beach in Nandaihe, a coastal region in eastern China. From outside, it looks like a weathered rock that is pure and solid; ...