Imperceptible from the exterior, the complex construction dictates the Attic’s compressed interiors—lounges ... intimacy of a community library with the ambitions of a state-of-the-art center for ...

The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, designed by ALA Architects ... The design creates open, column-free interior spaces and the possibility for the road tunnel to extend beneath the building ...

‘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 ...

The topmost floor’s vast interior has been provided a ceiling in acoustic ... Like few other public buildings, Oodi Central Library has been conceived as a communal place, as one where public ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shortlisted for cultural building of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019, Helsinki Central Library Oodi by ALA Architects is topped with large open-plan reading room and consists almost entirely of ...