The City of Melbourne has opened a new three-storey library and family services facility at the Munro precinct, adjacent to the Queen Victoria Market.
Designed by Six Degrees and Bush Projects, the $15.7 million facility accommodates the first ever dedicated children’s library in the City of Melbourne, as well as reading rooms, study areas and computer spaces.
The facility has been named “narrm ngarrgu,” which means Melbourne knowledge in Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung language. It contains a collection of 30,000 new print books, an extensive digital book collection, audiobooks, magazines, music and film.
The library also has a dedicated maker space, with paint and photography stations, sewing and embroidery machines, 3D printers and laser cutters, as well as a sound studio for podcasting and recording.
A 960-square-metre outdoor terrace which…
