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What do the librarians at Oodi do while the libraries are closed?
That we are living in extraordinary times due to the corona virus has unlikely gone unnoticed to anyone. All libraries in Finland shuttered their doors on March 18, Oodi …
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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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Welcome inside the Central Library!
https://vimeo.com/105949543 Watch the video as it takes you inside the Central Library. You’ll see a new type of library designed by ALA Architects. The layout is …
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Christmas at the library
Libraries will also spread the Christmas spirit during the season of joy. Many libraries have started to provide their own symbolic Advent calendars. For…
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Photo and video studio is now open
Oodi's photo and video studio is a soundproof space where you can photograph and film against a background of different colors. In the room there is lighting …
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What is the library of your dreams like?
The Central Library is a library of the future. You can use it like any traditional library to borrow books, read magazines and simply enjoy the library atmosphere. City…
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See the Central Library! The exhibition of the competition entries is open 10.-16.5.
The City of Helsinki is holding an open international architectural competition titled “The Heart of the Metropolis” for the new Central Library. The first phase of …
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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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A book leads to different paths
When people gather together to discuss a book they all have read, a unique atmosphere and kind of friendship is born. The multiple inner worlds contained in a single book…
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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…