Tucked in the green blanket of Beijing, China, the Beijing sub-center library resembles a monumentally scaled pavilion, a civic space for the people to assemble. Following an international design competition…
Qatar National Library (QNL) building was designed and built by architect Rem Koolhaas and his subsidiary Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). The library is located in Doha, Qatar. It is…
Snøhetta, one of the most noted architectural practices in the world, has designed some of the world’s most noteworthy socio-artistic public projects. Snøhetta’s inception can be dated back to 1989.…
SOM founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings, is a global architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It works across a variety of scales and project types, providing…
Route 9 Library and Innovation Center by Perkins and Will was completed in 2017, located between Wilmington and New Castle, DE spread over 43,000 sq. ft. it was heavily surrounded…
PARQ Arquitectos is a design studio specializing in architecture, design, and urban planning situated in Uruguay. The company’s ethos stems from wanting to create good quality designs evident in every…
Almost all Architects are travel enthusiasts. Travel helps stimulate creative thinking, experience different cultures and user behaviours in the built environment, and most importantly, it provides an opportunity to explore…
Libraries were once a silent sanctuary of books assembled in temples to preserve the knowledge they contained. But thanks to the new era and technology, Libraries today are not only…
Writing the perfect thesis can be a daunting experience. While also juggling other deadlines, internships, projects and tests, final year architecture students are faced with the various challenges that thesis…
Yet another marvel by Louis Khan is the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). IIMA’s Vikram Sarabhai Library (VSL) was set up in 1962 and named after its founder, Dr.…
A modern vision cladded in stone, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is said to be one of the largest buildings to house a vast collection of rare books…
Library provides resources and services for Education, Information, Research, and Personality development to the users. The well-designed library includes spaces and places that encourage activities, with desired furnishings, special equipment,…
