Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Canada Water library, London, SE16

A new library, I thought we only had money for blowing things up these days, perhaps there is such a thing as society after all. A clever, counterintuative, building; it is an inverted pyramid, clad in bronzed aluminium, designed to enable a library to be built on a site too small for it. Therefore the books are upstairs, reached by a big, wooden, spiral staircase with a cafe on the ground floor.


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  1. Josh13 December 2011 at 10:56

    So have you been to see this building ?

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  2. pstephenson1414 December 2011 at 23:24

    Do you doubt that I took these photos Josh? Yes I went to see it on Monday. They're still working on the public space outside but the library (and cafe)are well worth a visit.

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