The Library has been developed through five floors with the aim to take the visitor into a journey through the stimulation of the senses, by scent, sound and sight. The new building offers a deli, a shop, a bakery and café, a library, an “ingredients house”, a kitchen for cooking classes, a “recipe room”, a greenhouse and a basement that hosts a professional kitchen. The Cooking Library is part of a series of four inspirational libraries conceived by HC, designed to provide an ‘analogue’ antidote to the fast pace of city life in the digital age and to stimulate meaningful and inspiring experiences in everyday life. Each of the Libraries touches the realms of travel, music, design and cooking; the last library in the series.