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Thought in Cold Storage.

Posted on February 11, 2011 by kara

Cradley Heath Library in Birmingham. Not the Super Library. Finally, the city of Birmingham is scheduled to open its lauded new Super Library, in the works for a decade and tipping the cash register at $301 million. Ten blisteringly new … Continue reading →

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“Palazzos of Human Thought”? Britain’s Super-Libraries Battle it out for Supremacy

Posted on March 9, 2010 by kara

“A palazzo of human thought,” is how Birmingham city council’s leader describes the new Library of Birmingham, currently under construction. The library, designed by fabulous and innovative Delft-based Dutch architects Mecanoo is vying to outdo the other new “Super-Libraries” sweeping … Continue reading →

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