first peek into foster + partner’s house of wisdom in sharjah
architecture by shafa diandra
world-renowned british international architectural design studio, foster and partners, has found a new way of integrating the traditional role of libraries into the contemporary community of the 21st century and the digitally-savvy generation through their latest completed project, house of wisdom.
after over five decades of re-conceptualizing buildings that speak more than function and design but timelessness, house of wisdom was designed with highly amalgamated innovation and technology, as both a library and social hub and learning center at the heart of the third populous city in the united arab emirates, sharjah.
while the initial attempt was to celebrate sharjah as the 2019 unesco world book capital, the building has added a new addition to the city for the catalyst of a new cultural center in the middle east.
