De Boekenberg (The Book Mountain) Spijkenisse, The Netherlands.
Permalink - 18 April 2013
De Boekenberg (The Book Mountain) is a recently opened public library in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands. It’s name is derived from the piramid-like architecture resembling a mountain of books.
Permalink - 15 December 2012
The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is a library in the University of Toronto, constituting the largest repository of publicly-accessible rare books and manuscripts in Canada. The library is also home to the university archives which, in addition to institutional records, also contains the papers of many important Canadian literary figures including Margaret Atwood and Leonard Cohen.
Among the collection’s items are the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493), Shakespeare’s First Folio (1623), Newton’s Principia (1687), and Darwin’s proof copy (with annotations) of On the Origin of Species (1859). Other collections include Babylonian cuneiform tablet from Ur (1789 BC), 36 Egyptian papyrus manuscript fragments (245 BC), and Catholicon (1460).
Permalink - 2 July 2012
The new library in Vennesla comprises a library, a café, meeting places and administrative areas and links an existing community house and learning centre together.
A main intention has also been to reduce the energy need for all three buildings through the infill concept and the use of high standard energy saving solutions in all new parts. A symbiosis of structure, technical infrastructure, furniture and interior in one architectonic element creates a strong spatial identity that meets the client’s original intent to mark the city’s cultural centre.
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