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‘Dream! the Central Library to reality’ weekend at the Pavilion 16–17 June
The Central Library is a place for city residents, which will be completed at Töölönlahti Bay in 2017. What kind of urban space and culture would you like to see in the heart of Helsinki? Come and take...
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Sauna dreams and dream saunas
People in the sauna hut of the Central Library sigh with content. That’s some great sauna steam! A wood-heated sauna stove sends out heat in the middle of a yurt sauna and soon receives another scoop...
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Knit’n’Tag – 130 metres of knit graffiti and over a hundred dreams
People were inspired to dream around the dressed-up trees. City residents shared their ideas about the Central Library at the Knit’n’Tag event held in Helsinki’s Vanha kirkkopuisto Park on 25 August....
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Residents of Helsinki! Help us make budget decisions
For the very first time, the library is offering Helsinki residents the opportunity to collectively decide how €100,000 of development money will be spent. The money is part of the Central Library’s...
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City residents decide on funding – library to launch the selected pilot...
The participants of the three participatory budgeting workshops held on 25 Oct, 29 Oct and 30 Oct delved into the question of how next year’s development budget of €100,000 should be spent with...
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Designs proposed for the library of the future on display
The proposed designs selected for the second stage of the Helsinki Central Library architectural competition will be put on public display at Helsinki Art Museum Meilahti. Heart of the Metropolis, the...
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Library bikes entice people to the Plot Party
There’s much excitement in the air – the winner of The Heart of the Metropolis — Helsinki Central Library Architectural Competition will be announced on 14 June. For a long time now, the new-generation...
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Do touch the City Wheel!
The Library designed, Stara built and the Multicoloured Dreams team finished a 40-metre long and 2.5-metre high city art wall and game board situated in Kansalaistori Square at the Central Library...
View ArticleConference: Designing today, destination tomorrow
Libraries equipped to serve and innovate Welcome to Helsinki, Finland on March 19-20, 2015 to get the inside scoop about some of the newest top quality libraries being planned and built in different...
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Library conference an invitation to a time machine
When books are assembled into a collection, they form a library. When people assemble, they likewise form a rich, diverse compilation. In late March, such a multi-voiced community convened in Helsinki...
View ArticleConstruction work on the Helsinki Central Library started 1.9.2015
The construction of the Helsinki Central Library started, when the bucket of the excavator broke the asphalt of the construction site for the first time. Here it goes, and the construction will go on...
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Reshape 2017 library conference looked bravely into the future
The international library conference, 21–22 September, focused on people and spaces. What kinds of library spaces are ideal now, when the relationship between people and the library is transforming?...
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