Opportunities Hub: Enter the contests that get you noticed27 March 2025IntelligenceLatest: Parade float designLatest: Parade float designRegion: United KingdomMore: Architecture competitionsOpportunitiesContractsJulie ButterworthProcurement and contractsFrameworks
Wright & Wright’s library for St John’s College looks to the future and past28 November 2023BuildingsThe Oxford college’s modern library concludes a decade-long project of repairThe Oxford college’s modern library concludes a decade-long project of repairRegion: SouthMore: OxfordWright & WrightNewbuildSt John's College OxfordLibraryDesign construction & technologyConservation & heritageHugh Pearman
Schmidt Hammer Lassen reads the library anew25 October 2022BuildingsDanish practice's Shanghai Library East reconfigures private and public spaceDanish practice's Shanghai Library East reconfigures private and public spaceRegion: Rest of the worldMore: Public buildingsPublic realmDesign construction and technologySchmidt Hammer LassenFlora NgLibraries
Modesty is the hallmark of Níall McLaughlin’s Magdalene College library, Cambridge7 June 2022BuildingsThe solitary reader inspired this library in a close client/architect collaborationThe solitary reader inspired this library in a close client/architect collaborationRegion: EastMore: CambridgeMagdalene CollegeDesign construction & technologyNiall McLaughlin ArchitectsJan-Carlos KucharekNewbuildUniversity
Glasgow Women’s Library15 June 2016BuildingsGlasgow Women’s LibraryGlasgow Women’s LibraryRegion: Scotland
Curl la Tourelle Head makes 60s library swing again6 April 2021BuildingsThe practice has sensitively refurbished Hornsey’s much-loved public libraryThe practice has sensitively refurbished Hornsey’s much-loved public libraryRegion: LondonMore: Curl la Tourelle HeadLibraryHornseyHaringeyNorth LondonRefurbishment1960sConservation & heritageSustainable architectureElain Harwood
Age of enlightenment1 September 2013BuildingsBirmingham’s new library is built for peopleBirmingham’s new library is built for peopleRegion: West MidlandsMore: VenueWest MidlandsPublic realmCivic building
But where’s the brutalism?2 November 2015BuildingsMakeover at Philip Larkin's libraryMakeover at Philip Larkin's libraryRegion: North EastMore: UniversityPre-RaphaeliteUniversity buildingsHullPhilip LarkinEducationSheppard RobsonDesigning & building itRefurbishmentBrutalismTraditionalism
Sidcup gets civic with DRDH’s new library and cinema16 April 2024BuildingsDRDH opens a new chapter for Sidcup’s suburban high streetDRDH opens a new chapter for Sidcup’s suburban high streetRegion: LondonMore: Community centreDRDHMichèle WoodgerNewbuildPlaces planning & communitySidcupArchitecture for social purpose
MacEwen Award 2025 commended: Lea Bridge Library Pavilion and Garden Studio27 January 2025BuildingsStudio Weave’s Lea Bridge Library extension has given the east London facility a broader community roleStudio Weave’s Lea Bridge Library extension has given the east London facility a broader community roleRegion: LondonMore: Studio WeaveWaltham ForestLibraryTimberArchitecture for the common goodDesign construction & technologyArchitecture for social purpose
Hope Street for convicted women keeps families and prospects together3 October 2023BuildingsSnug Architects’ optimistic alternative to conventional women’s prisonsSnug Architects’ optimistic alternative to conventional women’s prisonsRegion: South EastMore: SouthamptonSnug ArchitectsDesign construction & technologyArchitecture for social purposeIsabelle PriestOne Small Thing
Pupils’ ideas help Jan Kattein design their library6 May 2021CultureChildren’s ideas and fundraising realise Thornhill Primary's libraryChildren’s ideas and fundraising realise Thornhill Primary's libraryRegion: LondonMore: Thornhill Primary SchoolLibraryJan Kattein ArchitectsDesign construction & technologyBusiness clients & servicesHub Workshop