5. Internationally known Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta was selected to design the new library building at 600 Soledad Street. It was the former location of a Sears Department Store.

The vast overhead space, a thrill to library visitors, works against readers -- most of us instinctively crave small, private spaces when curling up with a book. And "curling up" here is no fun.

9. Before Widener Library was built in 1913, another library called Gore Hall stood in its place. Despite Gore Hall’s demolition, it is still featured on the city seal of Cambridge. 10.

At the heart of the Trinity College grounds, Ireland’s oldest and most prestigious university, lies the country’s oldest library, a precious testimony to history and knowledge. Listed as one of the ...

The Obama Foundation named Tod Williams and Billie Tsien as the architects of the presidential museum and library. Scott Simon talks to Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin.

The library was dedicated June 12, 1890 and cost $125,000 to build. It was a gift of Benjamin Head Warder to the people of Springfield in memory of his parents, Jeremiah and Ann A. Warder.

Cite: "Call for Ideas: Tiny Library 2025 Architecture Competition" 26 Mar 2025. ArchDaily.

BOSTON — I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

Matt Oudens, of Oudens Ello Architecture, recently worked on the Scituate Town Library renovation project, as well as Eastham's library, which won the company the 2018 AIA/ALA Library Building Award.

While the library was designed collectively by Koolhaas, OMA, and the Seattle architecture firm LMN, Prince-Ramus was the hands-on partner who honchoed the effort. Subscribe to the Daily newsletter.

TINY LIBRARY 2019 – Architecture Competition is open to all. We invite architects, students, engineers, product designers, thinkers, companies, organizations and everyone interested in the ...