Helsinki Central Library Oodi
The Helsinki Central Library is an upcoming public library in Helsinki, Finland to be built by the year 2018.[1][2] The library will be built in the Töölönlahti district next to Helsinki Music Centre and Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art.
A bidding to build the library set out in 2012 was won by the Finnish architectural firm ALA Architects.[3] The library will be a three story building and will include a sauna and a ground floor movie theater.[4]
In January 2015 the Helsinki City Council voted 75–8 to launch the building project. The estimated costs of the new library are 98 million euros, of which the state will pay 30 million in connection with the centenary of Finland's independence in 2017. The city of Helsinki has budgeted 66 million euros for the building.[2]
References
- ^ "New Helsinki central library to include sauna after all". Yle Uutiset. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ a b "State-of-the-art Helsinki library to showcase wooden architecture". Yle Uutiset. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "ALA Architects wins Helsinki library competition". Dezeen. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ Rosenfeld, Karissa (18 September 2014). "New Images Take You Inside ALA's Helsinki Central Library". ArchDaily. Retrieved 29 January 2015.