Reading in the shade

By and David Littlefield David Littlefield David Littlefield2005-10-14T00:00:00

Chipperfield’s two-storey library is part of a brownfield redevelopment near Des Moines city centre. Asymmetrical “fingers” extend into courtyards that are meant to give visitors the impression of reading books in a parkland setting.

Copper mesh cladding will stop Chipperfield’s Des Moines Library overheating

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