Queen's Street Library - A Sculpted Solid
Scottish Baronial Architecture with its deep walls, for defence, structure and environmental control is strong influence in the design and it is reflected in the Library's reading carrels, circulation and windows.
The dialogue between the city and library begins at a distance, communicating a civic structure in the urban residential context. On a more intimate scale, a narrative of shapes link the different ground floor spaces through to the collection of books that twist their way up the tower. At ground level, the podium competes a broken urban block, while a sheltered external square sweeps under the tower creating gathering and performance spaces.
