- LIBER Architecture Group Seminar 2024
- The LIBER Architecture Seminar 2024 will take place in Brussels from April 24-26 at the Royal Library of Belgium
- 20 Feb 2024
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- Designing Libraries Visits the New Bolton Library
- Bolton Library reopened on the 19th January after a 16-month, multi-million-pound refurbishment of the site on Le Mans Crescent
- 22 Jan 2024
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- The Designing Libraries website has been transferred to a new content management system.
- 11 Jan 2024
Designing Libraries
The centre for library design and innovation: a resource for planning and design, a database of libraries and a marketplace for services
Featured Case Studies
- Darlington Public Library
- The Perfect Modern Classic
- Paisley Central Library
- Revitalizing Paisley: Award-Winning Library Project Breathes New Life Into Town Centre
- Halsnaes Public Library Denmark
- The library brings nature inside
- Little Lever Health Centre and Library Bolton
- A modern library at the heart of the community
- Greenhill Library Harrow
- How Greenhill Library was transformed into a multi-purpose community, cultural and learning facility
- Peckham Library London
- A welcoming community space in the heart of Peckham…
- Neath Library Wales
- The main part of the project was the children's library which now incorporates a space themed area, and sensory Story Wall!
- St Stephen's Primary Church School Library Bath
- A fresh, welcoming library space where children can relax and engage in reading for pleasure
Featured Libraries
- Nottingham New Central Library
- A Hub of Regeneration and Community Engagement
- 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!
- 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.
- The Mohammed Bin Rashid Library
- Libraries in the Middle East have developed remarkably in terms of construction, engineering and design.
- 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
- Oodi: Helsinki Central Library
- Helsinki Central Library Oodi serves visitors from the early hours till late in the evening seven days a week.
Resources
- About libraries
- A guide to the main professional organisations, sources of data and information about libraries, library journals and other news sources.
- Related design sites
- National and international websites, online information sources and image galleries featuring library buildings and library design examples.
- Resources for library design
- A reference library of websites, online resources, articles and books related to all aspects of library planning and design.
- Insights in library design
- Creative spaces for kids, learning spaces, revitalised public libraries, sustainable buildings, the future library - insights from our news stories.
- Reimagining the library
- Original articles and features on library innovation, library design trends and library service design, written or commissioned by Designing Libraries.
- Essential Design Guidelines
- Designing Libraries publishes a series of brief, practical Essential Design Guidelines in conjunction with its sponsoring companies.