Libraries Become ‘Urban Mediaspaces’ And Engines Of Urban Renewal

“A mixed-use, multimedia complex that is meant to foster social interaction and creative ferment as much as reading and research, the library of the future is also intended as an engine of city-center rejuvenation. Examples have gone up in dozens of places around the world” – Salt Lake City, Seattle, Vancouver, Chongqing, Tenerife, Brisbane, Cardiff …