The Min Buri Library is not only an attractive, design-forward space that’d be perfect for curling up with a book, it’s also beneficial for the largely impoverished neighborhood. They incorporated sun-loving skylights and placed large potted plants throughout. The two teams took a largely environmental approach to the small library’s design, using as many local and reused materials as possible (such as recycled wood for the structural cladding). Measuring 10 by 30 feet, and built for less than $5,000, the Min Buri Old Market Library is the result of a collaboration between TYIN tegnestue architects, a nonprofit organization in Norway, and the Thailand-based CASE architecture studio. The space is complete with a lofted study zone, a backyard area, and a central reading room that has an assortment of colorful cube-shaped shelves filled with books. What was formerly a derelict space within a century-old building in one of Bangkok’s most impoverished districts is now home to a unique community library. They hoped to create an innovative space that “encourages readers to stay and linger,” rather than simply a one-stop shop for borrowing books.įull disclosure: This isn’t your average public library. “What we wanted to do…was design a certain ‘atmosphere’ for books and reading,” the architects stated upon the library’s opening. The rest of the building consists of meeting spaces, group activity rooms, and dozens of open stacks. The architects cited the Richelieu branch of the French National Library (also on this list) as an influence due to its singular, central reading room, which Horiba and Kudo emulated in the library’s entire first floor (despite it being rectangular). Its exterior is decorated with some 6,000 glass circles that alternate in size, making the building’s flatness appear fluid. This massive library in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture hosts a collection of roughly 400,000 items, contained within a box-shaped concrete-and-glass structure created by Hiroshi Horiba and Kazumi Kudo, who together won the 2013 Japan Institute of Architects prize for the design.
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