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Rock crumbles at the Central Library worksite
Even though the Central Library will be a modern library for the digital age, it is born through very traditional methods. In December 2015, there is rock blasting, …
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Call for participation, competition of robotics
The new Central Library in Helsinki will open in 2018. The library will serve it’s customers in many modern and new ways. One of our ambitions is to have robots to help…
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Conference: Reshape – Designing the future of the library
Are You interested in new library service design, library spaces and accessibility? Welcome to Helsinki, Finland on September 26-27, 2016, to get the …
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Internal bridge begins to form from end casings
Bridges are seldom built indoors, but that is exactly what is being built in the new library. The building is supported by two steel arches that make it possible to have …
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Above ground construction starts with shafts
Worksite stories opened a new chapter in November. YIT took over the site, set up a village of yellow containers at the side of the park and brought many new characters …
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Facade windows on the sunrise side
The facade windows of the upper floor of Oodi have been lifted into place in the eastern wall of the building, facing the sunrise in the morning.
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Dummy tree to the Central Library?
For the smallest children, the tradition-filled Skansen open-air museum on the Djurgården island in the heart of Stockholm is home to Lill-Skansen, where visitors can …
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Kino Regina brings films to Oodi
The National Audiovisual Institute’s new cinema Kino Regina will commence operation in Helsinki’s Central Library Oodi in January 2019.
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Oodi robots named after children’s book characters
Starting from March, the staff of Oodi will be aided in their work by three mobile robots, or automated guided vehicles, that transport book boxes between the building’…
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Helsinki Central Library Oodi announced as a finalist in international tourism awards
Helsinki Central Library Oodi has been announced as a finalist in the Europe category of the British Guild of Travel Writers’ International Tourism Awards 2019…