German designers [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] have designed an outdoor library in Magdeburg, Germany.

Developed from an installation in 2005 made of beer crates, the new
building comprises sheltered seating areas and niches to store books.

The new building is clad in wood and materials from a former warehouse.

Photographs are by [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].
Here’s some text from KARO:
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We established in 2005 in an abandoned district center in East
Germany. We started with a public intervention, using beercrates as
building material.

It took some some years to organise the money to build this so called “bookmark” for real. It opened in June this year.

Beside the social aspects, the architectural kick is, that we re-used the facade of an old warehouse.

Last year, in its project-phase, it has been shown at the Venice
Biennale in the German pavillon (updating Germany). An installation of
it has also been shown in 2006 in the exhibition “Talking Cities”
curated by Francesca Fergueson.

KARO is a platform for communication, architecture and space
organisation, the members work as architects, artists, critics and
jounalists, as well as teachers.



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Posted by Rose Etherington from dezeen.com