Zikawei Library / Wutopia Lab -- Central Library Neude / Zecc Architecten -- Deichman Bj�rvika / Lundhagem; Atelier Oslo architects -- University of Semnan Auditorium and Library / New Wave Architecture -- New Taipei City Library Taishan Branch / A.C.H. Architects -- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library / Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle Architects -- Miruru Nasushiobara City Library / UAO -- Bayeux Media Library / Serero Architectes -- Winthrop Library / Johnston Architects; Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects -- Springdale Library & Komagata Maru Park / RDHA -- Lea Bridge Library Pavilion / Studio Weave -- Librio Yuuhashi / Kazuhiko Mashiko & Mikami Architects -- City Library Waldshut / UKW Innenarchitekten -- Not Just Library / JC. Architecture & Design -- Stadtbibliothek Im Motorama / CBA Clemens Bachmann Architekten -- Viby Library and Culture House / CCO Architects -- The Golden Horn Library / Ayta� Architects -- Culture Station / Sikora Interiors -- Waunakee Public Library / OPEN Architects -- Library in Ruins / Atelier XI -- Drummondville Public Library / Chevalier Morales -- Library Gundelsheim / Schlict Lamprecht Kern Architekten -- Les Dominicains de Colmar / Ameller Dubois -- Architecture Library / Department of Architecture Co. -- Tonami Public Library / Kazuhiko Mashiko & MIKAMI Architects; Oshida Architects & Engineers -- Tingbjerg Library / Cobe -- Robert L. Bogomolny Library / Behnisch Architekten -- University Library Emden / UKW Innenarchitekten -- Asia Art Archive / LAAB Architects -- Madison Public Library - Pinney Branch / OPN Architects -- Water Drop Library / 3andwich Design -- Flint Public Library / OPN Architects -- Phive Civic Center / Manuelle Guatrand Architecture; Designinc; Lacoste & Stevenson -- Animu Media Library / Dominque Coulan and associ�s -- Ilse Wallentin Haus Universit�t f�r Bodenkultur / SWAP Architektur -- 164_Public Library / MIDE architetti -- Yusuhara Community Library / Kengo Kuma & Associates -- Convent of the Sacred Heart Library / 1110 Architect -- Studium / Jean-Pierre LOTT-architecte -- Bibliothek der Wirtschaftswissen-Schaften / fuchs.maucher.architekten. -- Civac Linear Park / Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura; Claudia Rodr�guez -- Het Predikheren / Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten; Callebaut Architecten; Bureau Bouwtechniek -- City Library karben / Marie-Theres Deutsch Architekten -- La Contemporaine / Atelier Bruno Guadin Architectes -- Brixen Public Library / Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli -- Helsinki Central Library OODI / ALA Architects -- Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez Library / SUMA arquitectura / �sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Riepl Kaufmann Bammer Architektur -- Abu Dhabi Children's Library / CEBRA -- Secondary School Library at Panyaden / Chiangmai Life Architects -- Kikkonummi Library / JKMM Architects -- Samlin / Helen & Hard -- University Library Graz / Atelier Thomas Pucher.

"Libraries are sites of learning, research and discovery, but also for interaction and exchange. The institution as such is in the midst of a remarkable image shift from an introverted knowledge repository to a globally networked information provider and communication mediator. The demands on this cornerstone of modern civilization have changed enormously, as libraries now have to meet the latest digital demands involving new forms of media and the methods in which they are consumed. The architectural expression of this expanded and constantly evolving profile of requirements makes library construction very multi-layered and complex. Yet, this is also precisely a source of enormous potential for bold designs and ingenious aesthetic concepts. Whether it is a new building, a conversion, or an extension, this volume shows the diversity of the building task with its interplay of state-of-the-art technology and the cultural demands of our age."-- Provided by publisher.