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    Woollahra Library

    Aug 27, 2017 4 minutes
    Words — Rebecca Gross Photography — John Gollings

    The entrance to the new Woollahra Library in Sydney’s Double Bay has a thriving vertical garden and devil’s ivy cascading from levels above. This vibrant greenery was an underlying design concept for the project, derived from the much-loved heritage gardens of the library’s previous site, but it also reads as a metaphor for the library itself. Libraries, like gardens, are places of growth – places to learn new skills, to gain knowledge, to develop ideas. They also fill another important civic role as a dynamic, versatile and connective hub for the community.

    Woollahra Library opened in 2016 with the design by BVN. Part of a new development with other commercial

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