Library for kids

From a story garden in Cornwall to hexagonal towers in Los Angeles, we look at inventive spaces designed to get children excited about books

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List of case studies for Incube installations of Primary School, Secondary School and Academy Libraries. IT Suites, Classrooms, Learning Resource Centres, School Reception and Sixth Form Areas. Plus a photo gallery of other libraries and installations by Incube Ltd with their fabulously funky furniture

Reading might be fundamental, but that doesn’t mean it can’t also be fun. The Kids Winshare bookstore in China’s Sichuan province capital city of Chengdu is no dusty maze of books. Instead, courtesy of Panorama Design Group, the shop is an inviting radius of circular zones orbiting around an engineering marvel of a central dome.

BookSpace was asked to visit the three primary schools and develop some ideas for three new library spaces. The challenge for BookSpace was to bring some uniformity to what were three very different spaces. Springwood Junior Academy, with its existing library was the smallest space, Thurcroft Junior Academy only needed to cater for KS2 pupils and Lowedges was being used as a meeting room and required a total refurbishment. “We wanted to treat this as one project from start to finish rather…

While I was researching some of our reader-nominations for Book Riot's 2013 charitable partner, I stumbled across The Library Initiative of The Robin Hood

implententing the ying-yang sign as the form driver of the building, the library becomes a public multicultural information center.

One of the best ways to motivate and encourage children to read books is a good book display. Coming up with ideas can be hard and the internet can at times be overwhelming, leaving you at a loss. …

Look beyond your local branch to some of these amazing SoCal libraries.

The 2019 edition of the Australian Institute of Architects' regional NSW Architecture Awards recently came to a close with the big reveal of the winners. A total of 51 entries across 12 categories received named awards, awards, and commendations.The big-time winner...