The jury has narrowed 32 libraries down to five nominees in the quest for this year’s winner. This year, IFLA celebrates libraries built both in 20. Affected by the epidemic, IFLA cancelled the award in 2020.
In 2016, SHL’s Dokk1 in Aarhus, Denmark won the award In 2019, Tūranga, Christchurch Central Library in New Zealand, was nominated this year, the Ningbo New Library won the favor of the judges again.Ģ021 IFLA “Public Library of the Year” award is exceptionally competitive. This is the third time the work of SHL has been nominated for the “Public Library of the Year” by IFLA. Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects’ first completed library project in China-Ningbo New Library, is China’s first library to be nominated for International Federation of Library Associations’ (IFLA) “Public Library of the Year”. Ningbo New Library Nominated for the Public Library of the Year award 2021
