The ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards (BOTY) were decided on 14th of February. The Scientific Information Center and Academic Library was named the Best Building of the Year in the museums and libraries category.
After 70 000 votes from readers, ArchDaily announced the winners in fourteen categories. From close to 3 000 projects, the jury pronounced finalists in each category. In the final round, the Katowice building (designed by HS99)
The Scientific Information Center and Academic Library (SICAL) was nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2013. The superlibrary is amongst fifteen Polish facilities to be considered for the prize.
The SICAL (Polish acronym: CINiBA) and the other fourteen projects were chosen by the Association of Polish Architects and five …
On Wednesday, the president of Poland Bronisław Komorowski announced winners of the competition for the best building of contemporary Polish architecture completed between the years 2000 and 2012. The Grand Prix went to the Scientific Information Center and Academic Library (SICAL).
SICAL was chosen from …
On Friday, rectors of the University of Silesia and the University of Economics in Katowice officially opened the Scientific Information Center and Academic Library (SICAL). The design prepared by HS99 and the applied solutions – including an RFID technology – make the building probably the most modern library in Poland.
“This project puts us on an equal footing with other scientific units of the globe” – Prof. Wiesław Banyś, rector of the University of Silesia, said during the opening ceremony.
The Scientific Information Center and Academic Library (SICAL) is progressively preparing for the grand opening. The building commissioned in July last year, now is being provided with furnitures and waits for the first volumes of books to be shelved on the new stands.
The SICAL and all the equipment, including furnitures and computers, will be a home of hundred thousands of books, magazines, documents, databases, electronic texts, audiovisual materials and other multimedia.
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