The Latest Word in Design Technology The Word is a stunning new library and digital media centre designed to be the landmark focus of a £100 million regeneration of South Shields in Tyneside. Scheduled for completion in Autumn 2016, the advanced facility will include digitised archives, an immersive storytelling area, exhibition space, design studios and a rooftop terrace oering views over the river. The new North East Centre for the Written Word was designed by award-winning practice FaulknerBrowns. “South Shields is a state-of- the-art modern take on a community library. The individual pages of a book were the inspiration for the building’s exterior, to be realised using an open façade system. This presented the challenge of providing full weather resistance protection to the building e

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