Heatherwick Studio designs Columbia public library as "new type of community centre"

UK architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has revealed the design for its first public library, a plant-covered building in Columbia, Maryland.
Designed for Howard County Libraries, the plant-covered building would be located alongside Lake Kittamaqundi in the community of Columbia near Baltimore, which was developed in the 1960s.
Heatherwick Studio is designing a library in Colombia
"Columbia has always been driven by a socially radical vision," said Heatherwick Studio partner