Helping people navigate their way through a new library is an important design consideration. The following libraries use a variety of methods, both subtle and overt, to help patrons know where they ...

Library needs change as service populations shift, technology marches on, and ideas for new services blossom. These changes can happen over years, but they can also happen day-to-day as patrons seek a ...

It may be 50 years old, but this dazzling D.C. library was 2021’s Building of the Year The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library underwent a remodel that kept the historic exterior but completely ...

Many academic planners assumed that the coming of the Internet would lead to the decline of the library as we know it. To the contrary, many academic libraries have experienced significantly increased ...

This article was published 06/05/2019 (2366 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. A new home for public learning is taking a page from the former community of Rooster Town and ...

Task and design concept: Four-in-One with "collection, exhibition, reading, and enjoyment." After on-site investigation, the architect put forward the idea of planning and transforming the library and ...

Around the turn of the 20 th century—a golden age for libraries in America—the Snead Bookshelf Company of Louisville, Ky., developed a new system for large-stack library shelving. Snead’s multifloor ...

One would be hard-pressed to find a house without books. Besides providing the joys of reading, books are accessories that can personalize a room, dust a neutral space with color, and bring warmth and ...

Text description provided by the architects. DUTS design has recently completed the new“Chengdu Jinniu District Library”, after four years of construction. The project is located in the northern part ...