This is what the jury said:
Looking like a large, undulating wooden ship, Finland’s most spectacular library is located in the middle of the capital’s city square, with a direct view of the Finnish parliament. The spectacular Oodi building is in every way the house of the people, because the citizens themselves have contributed with requests and suggestions for how it could be used. At the same time, 95 per cent of the library’s 10,000 square feet of space is open to the public for 90 hours a week.
International Federation of Library Associations / IFLA and the Danish software company Systematic choose the yearly winner. The award is presented to a library that has best managed to combine open, functional architecture with creative IT solutions, and that has also included modern digital capabilities as well as elements from local culture.
The four nominated libraries were:
Für Juttas Fokus auf Schwarz / Weiss habe ich eine Collage gemacht.
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For Jutta’s Focus aon Black/White I made a collage of my Oodi photos.
I looked at the photos of the nominees and especially the Australian library pleased me.
