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How to make the library a fun place for kids?
How does a library turn out when it has been constructed from a child’s perspective and in the scale of a child? How to make the library a fun place for kids? The …
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Do touch the City Wheel!
The Library designed, Stara built and the Multicoloured Dreams team finished a 40-metre long and 2.5-metre high city art wall and game board situated in Kansalaistori …
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Six Proposals to Progress in Competition!
Heart of the Metropolis, the architectural competition for the design of the Helsinki Central Library, has now reached its second stage. The competition …
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”Käännös” won the architectural competition for the Central Library
The architectural competition for a building for the Helsinki Central Library has been completed. In all, there were 544 entries. The winner is an entry called Käännös…
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Helsinki Central Library Project On Course
The construction of the Helsinki Central Library at the Töölö Bay is on schedule and on budget. The groundbreaking for the building takes place today. The construction…
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The residents’ living room awaits a roof
Following midsummer, the Oodi worksite is at a turning point, as both the roof structures and the works on the frame are almost ready. The first roof elements will arrive at the site during June.
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Have a date at the library!
The Friends’ Library is a place where people can share relaxing book adventures. When visiting foreign bookstores, many Finns often whinge: why don’…
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Powerful library women, Helle and Maija
The naming of the area between the front door of Oodi and Kansalaistori square as ‘Helle Kannilan aukio’ is a tribute to the Library Counsellor Helle Kannila (1896–…
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Need a basketball or a skateboard? We got it!
Let's say you'd like to play basketball on the newly opened park Makasiinipuisto in front of Helsinki Central Library Oodi, but you haven't brought a ball with you. Or …
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See on video how Oodi is being built
On the video you can see how the new central library is being built. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmkIiVLJFo8…