Seating library

The 2019 edition of the Australian Institute of Architects' regional NSW Architecture Awards recently came to a close with the big reveal of the winners. A total of 51 entries across 12 categories received named awards, awards, and commendations.The big-time winner...

Modular banquettes with wood shelves installed at Free Library of Philadelphis, Logan Branch. Addition of locking csters increases flexible options for libraries' changing needs

Image 7 of 48 from gallery of LA BIB of Dunkerque Library / D’HOUNDT+BAJART Architects & Associates. Photograph by Maxime Delvaux

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With a sensitivity to human behavior in public spaces, we looked at connections between spatial norms and functions. We found ways to help people orient themselves and navigate spaces. Free to configure multiple shapes through attaching units, we marked out traffic patterns with furniture. The modular banquette partition units became more than just private seating, they became mini architecture for interior spaces. They divide spaces and provide well-structured paths, demarcating traffic…

Image 24 of 30 from gallery of Norwell Public Library / Oudens Ello Architecture. Photograph by Chuck Choi Architectural Photography

The most innovative companies of our time open the doors to their equally out-of-the-box headquarters

Buckley Gray Yeoman has revived a 1980s office building in Central London, creating colourful spaces using painted ductwork and translucent curtains.