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Peter Thuvander and Martin Hedenström of Swedish design group Muungano have won the Swedish Library Bus of the Year award for this library bus. The library bus, designed for the town of Kiruna, won the award from the Swedish Librarian Society. The bus incorporates a library, small cinema, computer games, a sofa for listening to music and internet access. The graphics were designed by Fredrik Forsberg of THEY GRAPHICS.

The project somehow resembles the graduating works of the TUB at the Faculty of Architecture in the late 60s and mind 70s. At that time utopian approaches tried to find the juxtaposition of mobile furniture and architectural functions.

Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has won a competition to design a new city hall for Budapest, Hungary. The project combines restoration of the existing 18th century building with 40,000 square metres of new construction. The ground floor will comprise a public square, retail facilities, cafés, restaurants and a theatre to be used for conferences and exhibitions. The upper floors will consist of rented and city offices, and a hotel. The design also incorporates access to the underground station where the old city walls are displayed. The archirtectural details recall the work of Toyo Ito in Omotesando in Tokyo.