Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem unveil Oslo's "huge but intimate" central library

Oslo's long-awaited Deichman Bjørvika central library, which stands alongside the Snøhetta-designed opera house on the city's waterfront, has opened to the public in Norway.
Designed by Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem, the five-storey building contains space for 450,000 books wrapped around a large, top-lit atrium that connects the floors and breaks them into smaller spaces.
"Our aim was to make a library that can offer a variety of different spaces within one large