The new library is scheduled to open between 2027 and 2031. It will be the largest in the country, fulfilling all the functions of a national public library as well as those set by the Catalan Library System. It will be owned by the State, but its management will be entrusted to the Government of Catalonia.

Designed by Josep Maria Miró (of Nitidus Arquitectes) and representing an investment of almost €80 million, the new library will be built on municipal land ceded as part of the Ciutadella Master Plan. It will house all the usual services and facilities, including reading rooms, information rooms, an area for accessing the general and specialised collections, a collection for children and young adults, a daily press room, a conference hall, multipurpose rooms, internet access points, self-loan stations, a rest area, an exhibition hall, a café-bookshop, an auditorium and a car park.

This library will be an important addition to Barcelona’s library network. It also reaffirms the importance of the city’s publishing sector and its status as a City of Literature, a designation that Barcelona received from UNESCO in 2015.