Winners of the latest FYDA competition redefine the library for today's digital age

The Fenn Young Designers Award (FYDA) International Design Competition from Bangkok-based Fenn Design continues to celebrate the work of the next generation of architects and designers.

In the latest FYDA competition "Re-Imagining Learning", young creatives ages 18-33 were invited to submit designs of any type that redefine the library as a learning environment for today's technological times.

Out of 312 applicants from 58 countries, the jury selected three winners:

• 1st place: "The Digital Genesis of the Library" by Sharif Anouar, Ilyas El Hajji, El Mahdi Lebbate, Hicham Ousalah (Morocco)
• 2nd place: "The Hub" by Santi Musmeci, Sebastiano Maccarrone (Italy)
• 3rd place: "Retold | Narrating Intelligence" by Wei Leong Yap and Ming Jann Lee (Malaysia)

Twelve Honorable Mentions were also selected. Scroll down further to see the winning entries.

1st place: "The Digital Genesis of the Library" by Sharif Anouar, Ilyas El Hajji, El Mahdi Lebbate, Hicham Ousalah (Morocco)

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2nd place: "The Hub" by Santi Musmeci, Sebastiano Maccarrone (Italy)

3rd place: "Retold | Narrating Intelligence" by Wei Leong Yap and Ming Jann Lee (Malaysia)

See the Honorable Mention entries here.