2010 Nelson/Marlborough Architecture Awards Winner
Tasman District Council Library Richmond
A lively response to the new script for modern libraries, this interior revitalisation celebrates openness, transparency and vitality. It has included an in-library café and an ‘Imaginarium’, where users can rehearse and record music. All this activity is handled by the architects with élan. Glass partitioning, beautifully inscribed with giant typography, controls noise and visibility while allowing daylight and over-sight. Carpets are subtly patterned to delineate the way through the building. Comfort and security are maintained while the institution engages with a new generation of library users.
- Practice
- Arthouse Architects Ltd
- Category
- Public Architecture
- Location
- Nelson / Marlborough
