Welcome to the 2019 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries. These shining examples of innovative architectural feats address user needs in ...

A bookmobile designed by RIT students will soon roll into Rochester neighborhoods. Students in RIT’s School of Design spent the fall 2023 semester working with the Rochester Public Library (RPL) and ...

Dutch architecture and urban design practice MVRDV is adding to its catalog with plans for a new library in Wuhan, China. The new plan is the result of MVRDV’s winning of a recent competition to ...

Libraries have always been spaces for discovery. But in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, they have been tasked with transforming themselves into places that allow users to physically distance while ...

One would be hard-pressed to find a house without books. Besides providing the joys of reading, books are accessories that can personalize a room, dust a neutral space with color, and bring warmth and ...

Spotify is beginning to roll out a new design for its mobile app that puts a much larger emphasis on podcasts. The new layout makes listeners’ music and podcast libraries equally prominent, and adds ...