Tag: library
State Library Victoria has opened the first of its redeveloped spaces as part of Vision 2020, an ambitious $88.1 million transformation that will increase public space by 40 percent and seating by 70 percent. Two new reading rooms were unveiled along with a dedicated special events venue supported by a state-of-the-art production kitchen, and a […]
Wedged between a regional train line and the town of Moe is the Frank Bartlett Library & Service Centre designed by fjmt. The new civic building has been named a Global Award winner at the Shaw Contract Design Awards. The five winners, chosen out of 497 entries, have been announced today. For an Australian project, the win […]
Four Australian projects, which have been applauded for good design, have been announced as market award winners in the Shaw Contract Design Awards.
Quiet, hushed whispers, padded footsteps and ‘please be quiet’ signage – these are the usual suspects of a library space. But the brief received by ARM Architecture for the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre was something slightly different. “The librarians’ brief was for a contemporary people environment. That means moving away from the traditional model of a library […]
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