Puurs Public Library
Bossuyt, Van de Walle | Belgium

The public library of Puurs is located in the town centre. The remodeled library building is part of an urban renovation plan. The architect used a lot of glass for the front of the building to increase the feeling of openness and transparentness. The result is a library with a human-environment relationship where light and space are the dominant elements. Accentuating the main white with trendy colors brings out the library’s bright design.

Ferreira de Castro Municipal Library
José António Lopes da Costa, Tiago Meireles | Portugal

The Ferreira de Castro municipal library is located in Oliveira de Azeméis, a district in northern Portugal with around 70 000 inhabitants. It was named after the writer Ferreira de Castro, who was born in the area.

Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
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António Belém Lima | Portugal

Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library is the central library of Vila Real, a municipality on northern Portugal of about 50 000 inhabitants.
It is a two-storey T-shaped building. One of its main features is the entrance tunnel which leads to the atrium.
The entrance hall and the multipurpose room are located on the upper floor of the west-east wing. The adult’s lending and multimedia areas are located on the upper floor of the north-south wing, and the children's room on the ground floor.

Kungälv City Library
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Jonas Edblad, Wingårdh architect AB | Sweden

The grand opening of the cultural house Mimers Hus was in September 2004.
The library which you found the main building has tree floors and has 19 librarians and 4 assistants. We have around 35 computers at the library and wireless broadband. The library has almost 1500 visitors every day.

Brežice Public Library
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Nataša Filipčić, Univ. Grad. Arch. | Slovenia

The Brežice library’s roots go back to the year 1880, and it began to officially operate in 1945. The library kept growing despite numerous relocations to new premises and different organizational forms. Today it serves the area of Brežice municipality, with 24.500 inhabitants, and also offers basic services to people beyond its borders. This house of wisdom is a meeting point for multiple generations. The library collection covers over 100.000 items.

Tomas Bata University in Zlin
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Eva Jiřičná | Czech Republic

The Library of TBU in Zlín is a library open to the public that offers services mainly to University teachers and students but also to the public interested in specialized literature. The collections include books, professional journals, the daily press, CDs, audio tapes, video tapes, theses and dissertations, as well as provides access to a number of electronic information resources (electronic periodicals, bibliographic databases). The collection profile complies with the TBU requirements and the collections are being updated continuously.

Lelystad Public Library
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ArchitectenCie Amsterdam | Netherlands

The public library in Lelystad is part of the network of Flevomeer libraries in the youngest province of the Netherlands, Flevoland, created out of the Zuiderzee, or IJsselmeer.
Since 2005, many experts have been working on a new concept for the library: inviting, challenging, inspiring new thoughts and ideas, but also ready to provide answers.

Public Library of Kennemerwaard, location Heerhugowaard
Van Heeswijk Architecten | Netherlands

Interior Town Hall and Library Heerhugowaard
Heerhugowaard 2004-2007

In the center of Heerhugowaard, 30 miles north of Amsterdam, it is external space of the new city square that connects buildings, old and new. Inside, the entrance hall of Town Hall and library performs the same function. Public administration meets the world of books. The difference in opening times is solved by a hydraulic staircase that descends when the library opens.

Floriande Public Library
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Architectenbureau Thomas Rau & Partners, Thomas Rau | Netherlands

The Floriande Public Library is one of five branches of the Haarlemmermeer Public Library and is located in the quarter Floriande in Hoofddorp, municipality Haarlemmermeer (near Amsterdam Airport Schiphol). The library is directly connected to the Haarlemmermeer Lyceum, a secondary school which has 1.500 students.

Loket Public Library
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Jiří Janisch | Czech Republic

Public library is an open institution, fully automated, subserves the functions of basic library. In 2008 was moved to the reconstructed baroque town hall. Users keep at disposal children and adult department, reading room and 6 internet posts (+ free wi-fi in the whole library). A new part of library is Exposition of bookbindings introducing restored medieval bindings as well as productions of contemporary Czech and foreign bookbinders.

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