![]() The compactly designed tome explores one of the most critical and central themes in contemporary architecture – the potential of public space within buildings at a time when maintaining free access becomes more and more challenging. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre, Berlin, Germany, Max Dudler Architects, 2009 Image: Courtesy of Steffen Lehmann ![]() It is the intriguing section of this 2019 building that architect and educator Steffen Lehmann placed on the cover of his new book Reimagining the Library of the Future published by ORO Editions. I may step into my own neighbourhood library, the Queens Public Library at Hunters Point in Long Island City simply to extend my regular walk along the East River or to meet a friend to admire this Steven Holl-designed space together before going elsewhere. And unlike museums and theaters, libraries are free to visit and, curiously, finding one’s favourite book may be just one of a hundred different reasons for going to a modern-day library. Along with such building types as museums and theaters, libraries have become architects’ most desired public commissions to advance their thinking and experimentation. ![]() Stockholm Public Library by Gunnar Asplund, Kahn's Exeter Academy Library in New Hampshire, or Seattle Central Library by Rem Koolhaas represent just a few much-celebrated imaginative examples of what a library building could be. Ask an architect to name one or a few favourite buildings and surely a library will be on that list.
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