A new library at the edge of a public plaza – complete with tube stop – that hosts a farmers market and other community events.
Here’s a review of the building from the Guardian. It has some typical libraries = book talk but also some higher level sentiments:
And not, according to its architect, Piers Gough, for whom “books haven’t gone away. Libraries still hold these magic realms of invention, realms of ideas. They’re places where you’re not told what to think; they’re also places where you can stay and stop and spend as long as you like.”
More from the BBC: ‘Super library’ in Southwark opens its doors