Libraries and Their Architecture in the 21st Century

Libraries have quietly changed over the last 20 years. They have adapted early and consciously to the changes of digitalization, they have recognized the changed need of their users for collaborative work and derived new spatial concepts from this. Transparency and access to information, knowledge and encounters are the prerequisites for holistic social development. It is the challenge of the 21^st century as the information age. This book presents the latest developments in library architecture as well as the way scientists and architects are meeting this challenge.

With essays by Achim Bonte, Catherine Lau, Max Dudler, Georg Gewers, Henning Larsen Architects, MSAO Architects, Claudia Lux, Marco Muscogiuri, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, Snøhetta, Sauerbruch Hutton, gmp Architects followed by a conversion with Oliver Jahn and Dante Bonuccelli.

Do not miss this event: May 18, 2021 11:00 AM

Knowledge Talk: Knowledge for all. Art is not a privilege - Information is not a privilege. The new role of the Uffizi.

The new role of the Uffizi, Florence and the opening of knowledge to a wider society are subject of the first Knowledge Talk with Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux and Prof. Dr. Eike Schmidt live from the Uffizi on International Museum Day. The Knowledge Talk connects the topics from the brand new publication 'Libraries and Their Architecture in the 21^st Century' with places of knowledge and the Avantgarde of Knowledge Society, so Architect Ines Miersch-Süß, Editor for MSAO Future Foundation.

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fR0b57XZRtS030sMXZLeoA

Ines Miersch-Süß, MSAO Future Foundation, Dresden.