In 1999, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Seattle native Joshua Prince-Ramus were selected to design Seattle’s Central Library. The pair envisioned a pile of floating boxes, hovering at different ...

The new Calgary Central Library opened its doors to the public on November 1, a joint project between Snøhetta and Canadian studio DIALOG. The crystallized, aluminum-and-fritted-glass facade of the ...

Dozens of performances and family-friendly activities were held throughout the day, ranging from movies to aerialist performances to therapy dog sessions. The building, located in the East Village ...

Calgary’s new Central Library has just opened its doors to the public — and it’s a thing of elegant, energy-efficient beauty. International architecture firm Snøhetta teamed up with North ...

In celebration of Neighbour Day on June 17, we've partnered with the Calgary Public Library on their Create Space in the Central Library for the month of June. As part of the exhibit we want to hear ...

When it opened in 2018, the Calgary Central Library in Alberta, Canada, already was being celebrated for its beauty and its brains. Variously described as resembling an open book, snowflakes, ...

Craig Dykers, a founding partner of Snøhetta, jokes that his firm and the Canadian practice Dialog won the competition for the New Central Library (NCL) in Calgary, Alberta, by “cheating.” Well, not ...

Calgary's new central library is set to open on Nov. 1, but the city doesn't plan to leave the old building empty for long. The city's main branch is moving from its current location north of City ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. In the wake of 2017’s ...