2024-04-27T12:43:09-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/70187098/mvrdv-s-book-mountain-wins-red-dot-award Archinect 2013-03-27T18:38:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/t8/t86ckfdhqkmm8tdq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> MVRDV has announced that they have taken the Red Dot award in the Architecture and Urban Design category. Archinect recently published "Book Mountain" - <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/58611133/mvdrv-s-book-mountain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a> to read more about the project.</p> <p> Press release follows...</p> <p> Spijkenisse Book Mountain has been announced winner of a red dot design award, one of the world&#146;s most acclaimed design awards. Book Mountain received a &#145;red dot&#146; for high design quality in the &#145;Architecture and Urban Design&#146; category, and was selected from 4,662 entries from 54 countries. The jury recognises work that distinguishes itself through highly refined detail solutions. The official awards ceremony will take place at the Aalto Theatre in Essen, Germany on 1 July 2013.</p> <p> The new public library in Spijkenisse manifests itself clearly as a mountain of books on the towns market square, it is both an advertisement and an invitation for reading, which holds great significance for a community with 10 percent illiteracy. Besides the library, the building hou...</p>