A People's Palace. In June 2008 I visit Birmingham for the first time of my life. Mecanoo is one of seven international architecture firms shortlisted to design the new Library of Birmingham ...

Completed in 2013 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Images by Christian Richters. Palazzos Centenary Square, the largest public square in the heart of Birmingham, currently lacks cohesion or a clear ...

On our third day in Birmingham, I visited the Central Library of the Birmingham Public Library system. I wandered aimlessly for a bit and found my way upstairs toward the children’s section.

Dutch firm Mecanoo’s latest civic building represents a new era in library design. The new Library of Birmingham in the UK replaces the former James Hardin–designed central library, a ...

Envisioned as the “social heart” of Birmingham, the new library will also offer 400,000 new books to an expected crowd of 3.5 million visitors a year. + Mecanoo Via World Architecture News ...

The landmark new £190 million Library of Birmingham is up for architecture’s top prize against the likes of London’s Shard and the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park. The prestigious Royal ...

As the new £189m Library of Birmingham prepares to open, hundreds of people have been testing the building to check it can cope with the hordes waiting to see it. When it opens, the building will ...

The brand identity for the new Library of Birmingham is to be designed by KLM. Having been appointed by Birmingham City Council following a tender, the agency will now join a creative team working ...

ARCHITECT John Madin, the man who designed Central Library, has attacked its £193 million replacement as a waste of money and not fit for purpose.

Dutch architects Mecanoo have unveiled their design for the new library in Birmingham, England. Library of Birmingham will be built on Centenary Square and is due to open in 2013. Renderings above ...

As the new £189m Library of Birmingham prepares to open, hundreds of people have been testing the building to check it can cope with the hordes waiting to see it. When it opens, the building will ...