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1995-2001
Runner up 2001 Competition - Best Large New Library Building
PECKHAM LIBRARY
London Borough of Southwark
“A sci-fi vision and must see entry”
Peckham Library replaces a very small and inadequate temporary prefabricated building, which still stands in the shadow of the library. Part of the £265 million regeneration of the area, which suffers all the usual problems of inner city deprivation.
ALREADY AN AWARD WINNER
SPECTACULAR LANDMARK
FOCAL ELEMENT OF THE REGENERATION OF PECKHAM
BOLD ORIGINAL STATEMENT – USE OF COLOURED GLASS, PODS & PILLARS
MULTI-CULTURAL EMPHASIS, SPECIALIST AREA IN ONE OF THE PODS
Updated: 02 June 2005