WORKac blends old and new at Adams Street Library in Brooklyn

Sculptural walls and tangerine hues feature in a public library by New York studio WORKac that is housed in a former torpedo factory.
Adams Street Library is the first new branch established by the Brooklyn library system in more than 20 years.
WORKac placed a public library in an industrial Brooklyn building
Situated along the East River under the Manhattan Bridge, the library is within a historic district in the Dumbo neighbourhood. It is housed in a 1901, multi-storey building that was once a