Atelier Xi transforms abandoned house into library with curved concrete walls

Chinese architecture studio Atelier Xi has completed a library in Henan province featuring a curving concrete volume that emerges from the ruins of a derelict house.
Library in Ruins is part of a series of buildings designed by Shenzhen-based Atelier Xi for the municipal government of rural Xiuwu County.
Library in Ruins comprises a concrete volume built around a dilapidated house
The firm was initially commissioned to design a large public building housing various cultural amenities for the cou