Courts, Police and Fire Stations, Libraries

Europe's progressive public library in images and text.

How can the public library fulfil its classic social mission in our individualised and sometimes fragmented society? And how does such a library fit into the urban public space, in which commerce and consumption seem to reign supreme?

In 2016, the world's oldest existing library reopened in Fes, Morocco. It opened for the first time in the 9th Century. These shrines to the written word date back even further, and continue to be built today.

A visual celebration of the diversity in recent library architecture (new buildings, conversions and extensions) which allows for the demands of multi-media technology.

This book is a photographic snapshot of London Metropolitan Police Stations as they stand at a time of great change in the police force and society in general.

For architects, designers and builders, a selection of 130 diverse public toilet designs which enjoyed special status as vehicles for artistic and cultural expression, corporate values and the needs of different social groups.

- Forty designs show how the public loo can become public art Restrooms are inescapably important amenities, but something of a grey zone when it comes to design.

A dynamic view of the most exciting, contemporary modern architecture in North America.

Library as Stoa is a reflection on the building design and construction in essays and photographs of Snohetta's Charles Library at Temple University.