Oslo scraps Koolhaas library design

By and Anna Winston Anna Winston Anna Winston 2008-10-23T13:38:00

OMA's Oslo library design

Source: OMA

Rem Koolhaas’s design for a new central library in Oslo, Norway, has been scrapped, after the city decided to re-locate the library to a site near the Snøhetta designed opera house in Bjørvika.

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