thumb|200px|Winner of the Stirling Prize for Architecture
Peckham Library is a library and community building situated in Peckham in south-east London, United Kingdom. It was designed by Alsop and Störmer, engineered by AKT II and won the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2000.
The building is shaped like an inverted capital letter 'L', with the upper part supported by thin steel pillars set at apparently random angles. The exterior is clad with pre-patinated copper.
The Stirling Prize judges approved the building's approach. Alsop has taken the plan footprint of a conventional library and elevated it to create a public space beneath the building and to remove the quiet reading space from street level noise. The remaining, supporting buildings on the ground and 1st floors house the information and media centre. The building has five floors in total, with the library service taking up the fourth floor.
The building attracts over half a million visitors per year.
, a student service centre building at the RWTH Aachen in Germany was built in 2006, which has been compared to Peckham Library with a similar L design.
The library features diverse activities for both children and adults.
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Image:2005-07-11 - United Kingdom - England - London - Peckham - Peckham Library.jpg|The north facing rear façade of the building.
Image:Peckham library exterior 1.jpg|Exterior
Image:Peckham library columns.jpg|View showing the diagonal columns
Image:Peckham library meeting room lights.jpg|Interior view of meeting room pod
Image:Peckham library pod underside.jpg|Main library space
Image:Peckham library pod underside2.jpg|Main library space
Image:Peckham library central pod.jpg|View of central pod
Image:SuperC RWTH Aachen - 26.03.2017.jpg|Similarly shaped building named at RWTH Aachen, Germany
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References
External links
- Peckham Library on Southwark Council site
- Peckham Library & Media Centre architecture page on Open University site
- Peckham Library, London, UK guide on BBC h2g2 site