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Art

Culture: Global

The Haruki Murakami Library, Martin Margiela and art meets politics in Iceland.

  • Issue #148
  • 4 min read
Culture: Global
Urbanism

Cities

Hong Kong's West Kowloon transforms neglected reclaimed land into the world's largest cultural district, featuring 17 venues across a 23-hectare waterfront park designed by Foster + Partners.

  • Issue #146
  • 4 min read
Colourful library building facade with a grid of pastel tiles and pink door.
Culture

Safe in the knowledge

How can media sustain us? Keep conversations simple, challenge untruths, fix neighbourhoods? We visit three projects that are good for their environments.

  • Issue #141
  • 10 min read
Safe in the knowledge
Affairs

Street smarts

After a 36-year absence, the New York Public Library's Bookmobile returns to the Bronx in a gleaming red Sprinter — holding its own against Mister Softee and proving books still draw a crowd.

  • Issue #125
  • 4 min read
A lion mascot holds an "I love Libraries" sign while posing with a smiling young child in a red shirt.

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