Public architecture projects selected for the annual SCALA Yearbook and recent projects submitted directly for inclusion.

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Libraries

• Knutsford Library

  This imaginative scheme provides a new pubic library as part of a mixed use development of residential apartments, library and senior citizens clubhouse within the setting of a Grade II Listed Building in Toft Road, Knutsford. Driven by a need to replace the former outdated 1904 building the new library occupies a more prominent location within the town adjacent to the listed Sessions ... view full spec

• Longddry Library

  This 240 sq m £500,000 library was built as an extension to Longniddry Community Centre. The library is steel-framed, with exposed circular columns and tapered tee-beams supporting an overhanging monopitch roof clad with standing seam stainless steel sheet. The walls are of Cedar-clad timber frame construction and windows and doors are solar-tinted double-glazed ppc aluminium. Heating ... view full spec

• Orkney Library & Archive

  The Orkney Library is arguably the oldest public library in Scotland, having been established in 1683 following a bequest of books from William Baikie of Holland, Stronsay, in Orkney. The County Library Service commenced in 1923, when it was housed in a building financed by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The new library and archive facility, built on the site of the old Kirkwall ... view full spec

• Wymondham Library

  The new library in this historic market town provides 1,500m2 of library space housing 5,000 books in a landmark building. The accommodation includes a large children’s library, IT provision with 11 public computers, and a reading area with comfortable seating and drinks provision. It is fully accessible by wheelchair users and has proved to be an excellent location for hosting various local eve ... view full spec