Library architecture + design / Manuela Roth.

Includes index.

IED Library, Rome / 2A+P/A -- Library Am Guisanplatz, Bern, Switzerland ; Swiss National LIbrary, Bern, Switzerland / ALB Architektengemeinschaft AG with David Bosshard -- Chilean National Library Founders hall, Santiago, Chile / A & F Architects/DIAV -- Grosuplje Public Library, Grosuplje, Slovenia / Abiro/Nena Gabrovec, Arne Vehovar, Kaja Lipnik Vehovar -- Thompson Library Renovation, Columbus, Ohio / Acock Associates Architects -- The University of Helsinki City Campus Library, Helsinki, Finland / Anttinen Oiva Architects LTD -- Curno Public Library and Auditorium, Curno, Italy ; Library in Nembro, Italy / Archea Associati -- Ílhavo City Library, Ílhavo, Portugal / ARX Portugal Arquitectos -- David Wilson Library, Leicester, UK / Associated Architects LLP -- L'albatros-Médiathèque d'Armentières, Armentières, France / Béal & Blanckaert Architectes Associés -- University Mensa and Library Leipzig, Germany / Behet Bondizio Lin Architekten -- Kazakstan National Library, Astana, Kazakstan / BIG Architects -- Library in Dendermonde, Belgium / BOB361 Architects -- Library Köpenick, Berlin, Germany / Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architekten -- City Library of Popinge "De Letterbeek", Poperinge, Belgium / Buro II & ARCHI+I -- Information, Communication and Media Center of the TFH Wildau, Germany / Chestnutt_Niess Architekten -- Culture House and Library, Copenhagen, Denmark / COBE -- FH Campus library, Vienna, Austria / Delugan Meissl Associated Architects -- Multimedia Library and Theater, Alfortville, France / Deso Architects -- Diocesan Library, Münster, Germany ; Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Center, Berlin, Germany / Max Dudler -- University and State Library of Innsbruck, Austria / Eck & Reiter Architekten, Dietmar Rossmann Architekt -- Library for the Faculty of Philology, Berlin, Germany / Foster + Partners -- Ingleside Branch Library, San Francisco / Fougeron Architecture -- Scholar's Library, Olive Bridge, NY / Peter Gluck and Partners -- Town Hall extension, New Library, Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands / Hans van Heeswijk Architects -- Library HTW Dresden, Germany / Reimar Herbst, Angelika Kunkler -- State Library at Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany / HG Merz Architekten Museumsgestalter -- The Regional Library of Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain / IMB Arquitectos -- City Library of Turku, Finland / JKMM Architects -- Amsterdam Public Library, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Jo Coenen & Co Architekten -- The National Library of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus / Mikhail Vinogradov, Viktor Kramarenko.

Library, Media Center and Archive, Krems, Austria / Architektur Krammer -- National Library of China, Beijing, China / KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten -- Lohja Main Library, Lohja, Finland / Lahdelma & Mahlamäki -- Children's Toy Library, Bonneuil-sur-Marne, France / Lan Architecture -- Baselland Canton Library, Liestal, Switzerland / Liechti Graf Zumsteg Architekten -- España Library, Medellin, Colombia / Mazzanti & Arquitectos, S.A. -- Deusto University Library, Bilbao, Spain / José Rafael Moneo -- Bucerius Law School Library, Hamburg, Germany / Meding Plan + Projekt GmBH -- Book Mountain, Spijkenissa, The Netherlands / MVRDV -- University of Poznan Library, Poznan, Poland / Consultor, APA Bulat, Neostudio Architects -- Fleet Library at the RISD, Providence, RI / Office DA -- Chongqing Library, Chongqing, China / Perkins Eastman -- National Technical Library, Prague, Czech Republic, Research Library, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic / Projektil Architekti -- Bloor/Gladstone Branch Library, Toronto, Canada / RDH Architects Inc. -- Rolex Learning Center, Lausanne, Switzerland / SANAA -- Halmstad Library, Halmstad, Sweden ; Urban Mediaspace, Aarhus, Denmark / Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects -- Herzogin Anna Amalia Library -- Study Center, Weimar, Germany / Karl-Heinz Schmitz and Hilde Barz-Malfatti -- Viana do Castelo Library, Viana do Castelo, Portugal / Álvaro Siza -- BEEC, Historical Archive and Library, Palermo, Italy ; Sandro Penna Mediatheque-Library, Perugia, Italy / Studio Italy Rota & Partners -- University Library of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Bureau Ira Koers & Studio Roelof Mulder -- Library in Proville, France / Tank Architectes -- Langara College Library, Vancouver, Canada / Teeple Architects -- Villanueva Public Library, Villanueva Casanare, Colombia / Carlos Meza, Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres -- Tama Art University Library, Hachioji City, Tokyo, Japan / Toyo Ito & Associate -- Hagop Kevorkian Center Library of New York University, New York / Turett Collaborative Architects -- Edificio T -- UPAEP, Puebla, Mexico / Vargas Tejeda Arquitectos -- Vera Oeri-Library, Music Academy of Basle, Switzerland / Vischer AG Architekten + Planer -- University Library Utrecht, The Netherlands / Wiel Arets Architects -- Library and Conference Center, Peace Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands / Wilford Schupp Architekten -- Municipal Library Graz Zanklhof, Graz, Austria / Irmfried Windbichler -- Library in Luchenwalde, Germany / Projektpartnerschaft Wronna Feldhusen Fleckenstein -- Multimedia Library Oberkirch, Germany / Wurm + Wurm Architekten und Ingenieure GmBH.

This volume from the 'Masterpieces' series presents outstanding examples of revolutions in library design and renovation, an architectural challenge to strike the finest balance between functionality and aesthetics.