From the New Europe: How do you like the new library design?

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I like the design too, it's fun. But it's competing for attention with beautiful historic buildings, some of which are over 500 years old (the Archbishop's Palace, the Charles Bridge, etc.). There's a place for wacky, innovative architecture in new cities like Kazakhstan's new capital of Astana, for which Sir Norman Foster has designed a futuristic entertainment center:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/03/26/norman-fosters-entertainment-center-in-kazakhstan/

...or in an international expo or world's fair, like the Shanghai 2010 Expo, which will feature Poland's delightful pavilion that looks like a snowflake cut out of paper:
http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/2008/03/polish-pavilion.html

4-30-2008 @ 11:45AM

iva.skoch said...

Thanks. I haven't seen these before. They look cool!

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