Helsinki’s new flagship library Oodi has been voted winner of the 2019 Public Library of the Year award by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). The recognition was awarded at ...

‘I think it’s quite unique to build a library in a city today,’ says Jan Vapaavuori, mayor of Helsinki. The city has just opened Oodi, a new central library designed by Finnish architecture firm ALA ...

VISITORS TO Oodi (meaning “ode”), Helsinki’s new central library, will find few books on its shelves: since it opened in December, a staggering 70% of the 100,000-odd collection has been ...

Helsinki's Central Library Oodi is marking its fifth anniversary with an event on Tuesday, 5 December. Over the half decade since it opened its doors, the large, wavelike structure became the city's ...

Those words make you think of Moomins and Marimekko. Oodi means 'Ode' in Finnish and Helsinki's gleaming new Central Library – which is called Oodi – is an ode to words. Finnish words are ...

The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, designed by ALA Architects, is topped with large open-plan reading room under an undulating roof punctured by circular skylights. Finnish studio ALA Architects ...

On a January mid-morning in Helsinki—marked by a bracing cold, cerulean blue skies, and a pale-gold eastern light—Oodi, the city’s newly opened Central Library, gleams and glows from its seat in the ...

The success story of Helsinki Central Library Oodi in Finland since it opened six years ago is an inspiration indeed. So, when I got the opportunity to be in the world’s happiest country (voted ...