Calgary library one of the most anticipated buildings on the planet: Architectural Digest
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2018
- It's been called a "library of the future," with Architectural Digest saying Calgary's newest library branch is one of the most anticipated buildings on the planet for 2018.
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My right ear is the most anticipated ear on the planet.
I feel so lucky to live in Calgary and have easy access to buildings like this!! Calgary is amazing!!!
Awesome yo hear that from a local. I'm moving to Calgary at the end of the year. Really excited and nervous haha
Yes it is beautiful.
Indeed I love Calgary too! so beautiful.
I hate Calgary I want to move 😥😥
Me too
This is fantastic. I remember watching the reveal of the design of the library, and now to see it real so many years later is something else. Bravo to the architects, engineers, and construction workers for making this Jewel in the city. It really is a cathedral for our time.
@Just an Albertan I lived in calgary my whole life, all of the libraries felt very clastraphobic and I had to wait atleast 30 minutes for someone to get off one of the computers just so I could print one sheet of paper. With this library,calgary will make more money when lazy people hand in books late, and we will have more space in the libraries which will attract more people. It will also likely attract people who don't live in calgary to visit which may cause people to buy somethin g and contribute to calgary funding in some way.
@Just an Albertan People could also make money from events in the theatre.
Calgary always does it great. Love it love it.
I am a Calgary native and I could not be prouder to live in a place so beautiful.
lol that's me on the left at 0:15 !
The architect is very inspiring. You can really the feel the zest he has for his work and for life.
I was lucky enough to be in Calgary recently and tour this building - it's absolutely spectacular and anyone who thinks it's a waste of money doesn't understand public places and spaces, community, or the importance of beautiful architecture.
Oh! The new National Library in El Salvador of Central America looks really amazing, too!!
Calgary is one the best livable cities and is growing fast. And only 90 minutes from Banff.
Best city in Canada IMO
@@Slammediadotca
Too many fkn conservatives here
I rarely go into any libraries, but after watching this I can't wait to go inside this one
It has been such a joy and the privilege to be working in the clouds! Thank You for this beautiful place
If you line the corner of the old library up with other buildings it doesn't match up like it's not plumb, I was told me the old one is slowly sinking into the ground, and slowly leaning.
It truly is a beautiful building! I plan on working from there a bunch once I get a laptop :)
Libraries should be where books that are no longer in print are collected instead of being a place that offers novels and movies currently available for purchase from other vendors. This would reduce the volume of media which then have to be discarded when they fall out of fashion.
Those books, that are no longer in print, fell out of fashion. Non-circulating media is sold, along with donated books, magazines, film, and music.
@@steven.events Sold for pennies on the dollar. If they do not sell they are thrown out. When I was the chairman of our library board I would see sometimes up to 20 garbage bags full of perfectly good books that simply had to go in order to make room for the next wave of newly published material.
@@Jelrak, that's still better than unopened children's toys in the old days of the department store (excess inventory, inefficient purchasing, and poor research of demand.) I don't believe that public libraries should be 100% free for patrons. Some things just don't change with the times.
Helped do the decking and bolt up on this great job, fun being downtown with the 725 ironworkers
You guys are crazy.
Will definitely have to check it out next time I'm in Calgary
Oh so that's what that was. I thought it looked really cool but I didn't know it was a library. Guess I'll be bussing downtown to visit this library.
Why the hell are the voices mostly on the right?
Beautiful!
Beautiful new library
I loved this place the moment I stepped inside
Can y'all stop jumping on immediate bandwagons and repeating the same stuff over and over again?
I personally believe this is amazing! The design is quite lovely and eyecatching.
Again, who cares if the homeless go here?
Inn from the Cold (Family Homeless Shelter) literally kicks out their families at seven in the morning and they can't return until seven in the evening. What else can parents do for their children until then?
This opens up a lot of opportunities for multiple groups of people.
You don't have to like it, but you don't have to go there. Or even more simple, you didn't have to come onto this video just to say something someone else has said a bunch of times.
Please do not reply to this comment if you want to start an argument of sorts, I just want to put out my opinion respectfully and kindly.
been waiting for this to open...
I wad there last week and i'll be when it turns 50 years old .I will be. 95 .
Odd flex but ok
the old library felt like a prison so this is quite a step up
Who did the sound on this video?? The mics sound worse than I could have picked up with my cell phone
Really beautiful I like the different materials and the overall designs. I was speaking with friends all with advanced college degrees about the need for physical libraries and collections of books. None of us had library cards to any of the local public libraries. Many had university library cards they can use to access the millions of books that their university has placed on line. We all have several internet connections, at home, work, in restaurants, etc We felt that our needs are served very well on-line. This new library has the stacks like libraries from the beginning, the architect mentioned uses for recording, meetings, and a host of vague potential needs that a library can satisfy. Maybe he’s spot on and I’m the one that doesn’t get it. In the future I see a library being a room filled with severs holding books of all types as well as history, current events and scientific papers and journals that anyone can access through the internet without seats or stacks. Community centers and convention centers can host meetings from 5 to 25,000 people. One problem I have with central city libraries is due to the number of street people who spend their days within the comfortable heated and air conditioned library buildings. They ,ay be readings newspapers, using the computers, or speeding in the nooks and crannies, they have the right to be there like anyone else but their presence keeps other folks away. Parents don’t feel comfortable to drop their kids off when there are so many people spaced out on drugs or booze. They beg, come up to regular patrons to tell their stories to, causing people to be uncomfortable and not come back.
Great place to stay warm when it's -30°C.
If only the audio matched the visuals :p
Excellent
Fix the sound
It nice design! How about the noise from the train.
The design of and the materials are so high end sound proof that you dont hear or feel the train. I heard
CBC News did you back to mono on us? I kinda liked stereophonic sound, but oh well.
My city 😍🇨🇦
is it Instagram ready?
Only one sided sound on headphones. Mic is broken
I think I'll BOOK a ticket.
HA
OMG I lost hearing in my right ear!!!😱😱
Where tf is the new arena
How could a building be anticipated and if then I could count on my hand how many buildings are anticipated right now
Left only mic channel?
I hate how if you are in a wheel chair you have no chance of getting in :(
Cool
what a jewel !!
I wonder if this public work will increase land value in the East Side of Downtown Calgary? I guess we'll see in the next 10 years.
i've been there but they have a gaming room
I like going to the library every Wednesday getting books 📚 movies and getting drunk 🥴 with my girlfriend
people who say this is near the ghetto have obviously never been within 20km of a real one
It's beutiful
I had my volume turned all the way up and I still couldn't hear this. video. Very disappointing as I still haven't been to the new library yet.
Looks very boring.Btw whats the cost?
45 million
Amazing
People still use libraries?
You can read, socialize, study, do art there and even learn to do stuff.
I know at least 2,000 people online and off who still use libraries. I’m 25 now myself.
I didn’t see any beds for the homeless there
Totally waste of money since people can get more informations from internet than from the tranditional library nowadays.
With this being near the ghetto, it's mainly just going to be served as another homeless shelter. Like the old library
Near what was once the ghetto. The whole area is being gentrified. Of course, gentrification brings as many problems as it solves but the city doesn't care if they can cash in on taxes in the future.
Homeless shelter is 3 blocks away. Doesn't matter how much rejuvenation the area has. As long as the homeless shelter is there, homeless peuple will be the one going to the library
Agreed
Place for the people from the DI to go during the day.
@@johnwang9914 You blind? They're still hanging out in the parking lots where all those condos in the east village are now, the same way they did before they were there. Nothing's changed in that area outside of where the Cecil used to be.
How many ppl actually go to libraries anymore?
It has been packed since it opened, so I'd say 1000's are going to make use of this amazing space!!!
You would be surprised
Mike D. Just because you don’t doesn’t mean others don’t.
Mike D. A lot of people actually. Especially students.
I do. I know at least 2,000 people on Facebook alone who do. Most are ages 13 to 40. I’m 25 myself.
This guy is the most pompous sounding goofball I've ever heard
I was in there yesterday. Its nice but very boring. Building is beautiful but the floors lack character. . No music. No art. No sculptures. Wish they had been more creative with how books were displayed rather then the cheap flimsy looking bookcases they have in there. Think it would have been nice to make it a mixed use building for learning, such as a theatre, a live stage for performing arts, music, art, interactive displays, etc. Would have liked to see coffee shops and places to eat on each floor as well.
Wonder if they’d be willing to let me donate art there. Or do a wall mural.
I’m using my art channel to comment here. Kinda gives an idea on what I do. I’m outside of Edmonton myself.
Was this a sarcastic comment? They have all of the things you've listed... Multiple art pieces and sculptures (many of them by indigenous artists), a performance hall for concerts, art galas, and speakers, a coffee shop outside and inside the library, a space to eat in the library... Not sure which library you went to but this one has it all!
I agree with Ally this must be sarcastic because the library has all of the things you listed that you wished it had. They had First Nations artists working on art in the building right up till opening day. They have a very popular Lukes coffee shop. So they not only have this stuff but they've done it all properly.
Calgary could have turned the giant vacant useless bankrupt mall into a library and saved millions of dollars.
That mall is private development, not even in the city, and as far away from a central location as you can get. Doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
DirectTech22 I realize the mall is a privately owned development. This does not mean that the city of Calgary could not aquire it.
They could probably buy it for cents on the dollar of construction cost. The developer is probably extremely anxious to get rid of it. Calgary could probably convert it to beneficial public use. All these “probabilities”
DirectTech22 All these “probabilities” require is a little imagination.
Elizabeth Gillings actually, I doubt the developer is at all anxious to get rid of it. Because they are in China and this is exactly what they were going for. Same with the identical malls they own elsewhere. It’s a way for them to move money.
Julia Kirkey Yes they have moved the capital cost of the mall from China to Canada. However, whilever there
is no income generated by this capital, the capital is lost until it is liquidated. Usually at a loss. An investment with no return is a loss.
Malls all over the USA are closing, no longer economic. They are dinosaurs from the past social habits.
Admittedly it IS nice, however... while watching this... I couldn't help but feel like, there is a TONNE of empty space inside. I couldn't help but sit there and go "Ya know, most of these empty spaces could've been used for bookshelves...". Ya know, the point of what a library is for? As well as space filled with aesthetics that make it seem in some ways crowded and sorta takes away from the visuals of other things. To me, this is just one big piece of abstract art and a symbol of arrogance in the name of council.
I think the price could've been used for more important things as well. There needs to be consideration for the 8th Ave subway tunnel for the red line of the CTrain, there's a chronic shortage of low income housing, could use some more police officers, etc.
It's nice, but let's not get carried away....I mean, come on it's Calgary. Lol
Real talk homeless can’t go in side in there I’m just saying public library or publicity
In the age of the internet, this is a huge waste of tax money. How about doing some road work so we don't have to sit in traffic for an hour.
no room around the library.
Your welcome for our money, I like where our priorities are.
all the comments stating political standing and making econ analysis 😂😂😂guys calm down, our old central library was too old so they opened a new one , dat simple
Egas calibird live in a different city if u don't like Calgary so simple
I would like to build our own space program.. This money spent on something we have on our phones is whacky.
Beat that dubai. Lol
What about the library just one street down ?? It needed in new community. $245 millions city could build more then one library in new community. No body will come specially in crowded down. It could be better for people living in new community. Its called preplanned business find any reason and dont listen what people are in need, just make plan to feed some business persons
You are very wrong. Downtown needs this to bring people in, not away in their ghettos, never leaving, fracturing society and doing the exact opposite of integration we all should strive for.
Reality always be bitter where ever it needed , it need. Kids and students never be ghettos. Its look like served a bread in full dish thanks
The one that's had its foundations and archival collections destroyed by flooding ? Considering that there are new housing developments in most directions within 1-5 blocks of this library which have hundreds if not thousands of new people living in them it seems reasonable that this library is serving a newly created community.
It's only so interesting because libraries are in search of a future hence every possible exploration of a potential future is being explored in this library.
I am care about how many books there. Man, this is not only your architect passion, also about taxpayers money.
I live in Calgary. If it was put up for voting I would have voted for something that is more widely used by Calgarians like improved community centers( gyms, health, parking etc.) .
Thing is I know 2,000+ people on my Learn About Canada group that would be willing to check that place out. I made the group on Facebook for tourism, helping people move to Canada legally and to help educate people.
I’m 25 myself and I’m from outside of Edmonton. I’d literally go just for the library.
Not really lol
Why so few books? Even Indigo has more books. Oh, right, I forgot they have to pay the builders.
To bad they overlooked the disabled community... how does someone with a wheelchair get into this building?
What building are you talking about? I walked up a ramp to the front door, and several ramps inside. And there are several elevators inside.
Complete waste of our hard earned tax paying money that our "government" just pisses away like nothing. Money needs to go to more needy things. We as a society are breaking financially but they just keep wasting our money away.There are librarys in calgary already that nobody really uses anymore. Yes its sad but welcome to the new millenium. Im 43 and a Calgarian.
Yet libraries such as this facilitate literacy, numeracy and other forms of information literacy that can help people grow beyond poverty and become more productive in society.
I like this better than buying the billionaire owners of the Flames a new rink.
Another typical pessimistic Calgarian...you're probably a suburbanite that has no sense of community or what makes a great city. Stay average, my friend!
Made over 1,000+ people on my Learn About Canada group on Facebook love it. Wouldn’t it be helpful to get tourism?
I’m from Alberta but outside of Edmonton. By the way I’m 25 now but love books. I’d literally go just for that.
Ninja Weretiger same :) books are absolutely magic for any people on any place in earth.
My ever increasing property taxes paid for a few bricks in that thing.. farce. Library? really? Having a bunch of books in one place is old technology
One of the most anticipated buildings on the PLANET???!!! Ok there.
which level of government paid for this?
Wait till homeless people make it their home
Most anticipated in world lol ....... not really
Bull
waste of Money... and I am in CAlgary.
I read very nearly one book a week. This is a MASSIVELY wasteful, flagrant, extravagant waste of money, time, space and resources. What did this thing cost anyway? Just idiotic.
@@ChaosmanOne I think the end cost was about 250 million dollars.
@@aa0324 I buy my books on amazon, I don't rent them.
I know I might be wasting my breath here because this is UA-cam, but here I go:
Libraries have been important institutions going back centuries. They are used to preserve and share knowledge that would otherwise be unavailable to the public. A lot of historical records we have today are still around solely because these kinds of institutions existed in the first place to preserve them.
In a more contemporary context, libraries are crucial for fostering education in our youth. Ben Carson - a famous nureosurgeon in the US - grew up in an impoverished home under a single mother. They could not reasonably afford books, and he struggled as a student in his early years.
Ben Carson's mother made him and his brother go to the library instead of sitting home watching the television, and made them write reports on the books they read there. Given the position Ben Carson has achieved in life today, I think it's safe to say that's largely owed to his time spent at the library. I highly reccomend looking more into his life story to better grasp the impact that experience had.
On a personal level, my own Mother regularly took me and my siblings to the library across from the South Centre mall (beautiful building by the way), and because of our frequent visits there, I was always reading at a higher level than that of my own classmates, and I have had a pretty heightened grasp of vocabulary up to this day because of going to the library so much.
To say the very least, I find a number of comments here in this thread to be insensitive and very self-centred. Just because some of you do not use the library does not mean that the rest of the city does not, moreover it is NOT a waste of your tax dollars. It should also be noted that this Library in particular has additional resources for Calgarians to use outside of borrowing books, and I think it's a great asset to the betterment of our city. By and large, this is a far better use of our taxes than a multi-billion dollar Olympic bid.
Sadly, a good number of you probably won't read this because you never bothered to go to a library in the first place. 🎤👋
if u dislike Calgary why u are here move to a different city u like. So simple
For pot heads 😁
This library is hilarious and a perfect example of western greed. Here, in a city that is broke and sees more and more foreclosures, bankruptcy and people fleeing. I know multiple people that went bankrupt recently and some more that will go that way soon. Just looked at a foreclosure in Woodbine and the home across the alley from me in North Haven just handed the keys in and moved back to Nova Scotia. Condo prices have fallen 20% and my mother in law enjoyed a $60,000 loss on hers as she had to sell to go into an aide home. So, let's just build more luxury stuff that a few people will use and it will create a few temporary jobs. Meanwhile, more and more people aren't able to make ends meet and are forced to move back in with parents or go without eating. I'm now wondering where this magic money comes from and if the piper will lead the whole province into Bankruptcy. Disgusting in my opinion.
Nonsense, what a waste of tax payer money.
It beats having the Olympics that not everyone can use...this is for everyone.
@@allisontaylor1818
Both are extremely poor uses of money, money which this city does not have an abundance of.
How is it a waste of money ?
Sure didn’t waste money getting attention worldwide. Just had roughly 1,000+ people on my Learn About Canada group on Facebook see it.
I’m from Alberta outside of Edmonton. But I’d be willing to go just to the library alone.
Are libraries still relevant? Oh yes, without them how would I be able to buy my new car or effort this cheap suit you see me in.It’s also important there is human contact in a library which is why we have seating for 10 people spaced out in an area of over 10,000 square feet!
Libraries are a thing of the past, there are far better ways to spend money!
Yet I know 2,000+ people who still use libraries. Including young kids.
I’m 25 now myself I’d go.
I didn’t like it
A waste of money. Traditional libraries are dinosaurs. Thanks to the Internet and inexpensive, powerful computers, more information is at the hands of people than is contained in all the libraries of the world.
My nieces go there. That’s ages 11 to 13. I’m 25 myself but prefer libraries over technology with books. Bad for your eyesight to constantly look at technology as well.
I know at least 2,000 people on Facebook on my group Learn About Canada who’d be very interested in this. By the way what happens when the power goes out? You’d sure be screwed then.
How is a library help economy and how long it takes for tax payers to pay it off.