Architect:
Helin & Siitonen Architects
Tuomo Siitonen, Tuomas Wichmann

Client, Contractor:
City of Joensuu

Interior Design:
Studio Simo Heikkilä Oy

Acoustic Design:
Alpo Halme Architects

The library is like a library 'town', divided into four blocks by illuminated interior streets. Near the entrance are the cafeteria and newspaper reading room. The lending hall is partly illuminated by daylight through windows high in the walls, and reflected by the slanted ceilings of the bookshelves. The building frame is cast in-situ concrete, with facades rendered and partly clad with local soapstone.