Library

X+Living has made a real splash producing fantastical bookstores throughout China, and has now revealed another example in Huai'an that features an incredible interior design made up of complex cosmic forms.

Heatherwick Studio has revealed plans for its first public library. Named the Columbia Library, the project will be defined by an eye-catching greenery covered exterior that invites visitors to walk all the way up to a rooftop terrace.

The Underground Library can be found beneath a grassy knoll located in Chiba, Japan. The innovative project was designed to offer patrons a reflective literature experience, while sitting in harmony with the surrounding natural spaces.

Challenged to create one of China's largest new libraries, MVRDV riffs on its location at the confluence of two rivers to design a nature-inspired building featuring an interior that forms a "canyon of books."

Commissioned to create a new library in the Bronx, Snøhetta has drawn inspiration from the NYC borough's relative abundance of trees to design an eye-catching building that will sport a green exterior and significant sustainability features.

The World Festival of Interiors has crowned the Pingtan Children Library, by Condition_Lab, as winner of the World Interior of the Year. The low-cost wooden building creates an attractive light-filled space for children to read, learn and play.

RIBA has announced the 2022 winner of the Stirling Prize, the most prestigious award in UK architecture. Níall McLaughlin Architects won for its superb New Library, Magdalene College in Cambridge, which is designed to last at least 400 years.

Back in 2017, Chiangmai Life Architects used bamboo to create a breezy sports hall at the Panyaden International School in Thailand. The firm has now returned to the same school to add a beautiful new library that's mostly constructed from bamboo.

Snøhetta's Beijing Sub-Center Library will feature glazed walls and tree-shaped columns, as well as a forest canopy-like roof. Visitors will enjoy a light-filled environment that plays on the idea of sitting under a tree and reading a book.

MAD Architects wowed us with its initial concept for the Wormhole Library and happily the finished design looks just as out-of-this-world as the renders. The project, now renamed Cloudscape of Haikou, has now opened to visitors in China.

Foster + Partners has completed a new library in the United Arab Emirates. The glazed building is shaded by a large overhanging roof and screens, and offers respite from the desert landscape with lush gardens, inside and out.

MAD Architects consistently puts out the most interesting projects around and the firm's out-of-this-world Wormhole Library is no exception. The project is nearing completion and new construction photos offer a closer look at its unusual form.