Cobe reveals design for Gothenburg University Library with facade curved like book pages

Danish architecture studio Cobe has won the competition for the new University of Gothenburg library, with a design that evokes the pages of a book being opened.
The 16,000-square-metre library will be situated in the university area of Näckrosen near the centre of Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city.
Cobe's design for the building has a cubic form, but with a slight curvature to the volume that is said to be informed by the shape of a book as it is opened.
Cobe's design features a vol