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APRIL 13, 2020

As libraries position themselves less as a place just for books and more as community centers, designers are beginning to get creative in how to make spaces as inclusive and family friendly as possible. The 44,803-sf, Quinn Evans-designed Fairfield Area Library in Henrico County, Va.,

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As an anchor and long-term tenant at the 80-acre Orchard Park mixed-use development, the new 15,000-sq-ft Meridian Library features a modern farmhouse aesthetic to reflect the city’s agricultural history as well as supplementary modern planar forms supporting the development’s overall design theme.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Designed by Snøhetta in collaboration with Clark Nexsen, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s new Main Library is a 115,000-sf building that will go beyond being just a library to serve as a public commons.

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APRIL 16, 2018

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are awarding six libraries with the 2018 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards for excellence in architectural design.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The largest public library renovation in Rhode Island’s history was celebrated earlier this month when the Providence Public Library (PPL) posted a 23-minute-long video that served as a virtual ribbon cutting, followed a few days later by a grand opening gala.

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AUGUST 22, 2022

The $121-million 'tender renovaton' and exapnsion of the Alderman Library aims to modernize an 85-year-old building.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

JLG has added more product data to its building information modeling (BIM) library, making the entire product line available for download. Data can be downloaded from www.bimobject.com, with select models available directly from JLG.com, the company said. BIMobject is an ideal partner for JLG…

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

To support the needs of this growing community south of Tucson, the 17,000-sq-ft library includes areas for specific types of book collections; meeting rooms; a large multipurpose room that expands to the outdoor performance patio for special presentations; and the “next big thing room,” designed to accommodate future community needs.

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Tucson Design 68

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Designed by Dominique Coulon & Associés, the new Pierre Bottero media library and public park has been created from a historic “Hôtel particulier” originally built in 1642.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As a kid, Curt Hortsmann was never a big fan of books – or the library for that matter. Kim’s reign as the local library’s director. For the last 20 years, she’s led the beloved Louis Latzer Memorial Public Library in Curt’s hometown. After his passing, his family built and dedicated the library to him in 1929.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada (OPL-LAC) joint facility was revealed at a ceremony on Jan.

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JULY 1, 2021

The New-York Historical Society Museum and Library, the oldest museum in New York City, is expanding its building on Central Park West by 70,000-sf, which will be used for program space for itself and The American LGBTQ+ Museum.

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APRIL 4, 2019

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association will award six libraries with the 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards for excellence in architectural design. You will find each project and a brief description from the AIA below. For more information, click the project name or image. .

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

acre former brownfield, the two-story library and arts center provide the centerpiece of the city’s effort to create a walkable arts and community center. Located on a 4.7-acre

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The complete renovation of a 40-year-old library designed by renowned brutalist architect Marcel Breuer required a major structural renovation throughout the 10-story building to allow the facility to function as a modern library.

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JULY 9, 2021

On March 29, Neilson Library, on the Northampton, Mass., campus of Smith College, reopened to students after a four-year, $120 million renovation and expansion that reimagine the library’s 200,000 sf, in the conception of its architectural designer Maya Lin, as an intellectual commons.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

“Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities.” . That statement by R. David Lankes, a professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies, was a bit controversial when he tweeted it back in February of 2012. .

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MARCH 16, 2017

The library of the future barely resembles the library of the past. Today’s libraries cease to be the hallowed temples of book-bound knowledge protected by an army of (albeit welcoming and helpful) guards. No longer are libraries the gatekeepers of access to information.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Snøhetta’s design for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library was recently selected as the winning entry in a competition to design the facility.

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JULY 8, 2021

Shawmut Design and Construction has recently completed the $120 million renovation of Smith College’s Neilson Library in Northampton, Ma. The project took the original, outdated building and reimagined it as the energy-efficient, intellectual heart of the campus.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

billion capital improvement program for Temple University’s Main Campus, the school commissioned Stantec and Snøhetta to design a new library to replace the existing 1960s facility. As part of a $1.2

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Goals for this library included integrating collections from two older branches into an inviting, accessible and sustainable 21st-century facility that better meets the demands of its growing service area.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

That’s how Nancy Musser, Adult Services Coordinator of the Baldwin Borough Public Library (BBPL) described the library’s new location as they prepared to move in a year ago. “It’s brand new, and it’s done for the community. The offerings are all there.”

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

The three-year renovation of the Georgia Tech Library Complex transformed a conventional library with repetitive levels of book shelve stacks into a research library that features open spaces.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

The modification of the Columbus Metropolitan Library Hilliard Branch from a senior living facility clubhouse focused on two key principles that informed the design process: first, take advantage of existing infrastructure as design opportunities; and, second, form space and experience through strategic interventions.

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JUNE 29, 2021

Library provides a collection of images for use by media to increase visibility and representation in the industry. This library launches with an established series of images featuring a range of diverse people in the construction workforce including women and people of color. . contributing to the library can do so?here.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This 14,000-sq-ft library conjoins media and technology with traditional book-loaning services to serve a diverse user demographic.

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JUNE 5, 2013

(May 29, 2013) – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected six recipients to receive the 2013 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. Biennially, representatives from the AIA and the American Library Association (ALA) gather to celebrate the finest examples of library design by architects licensed in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

225 Polk, a former Nashville Public Library building, has undergone an adaptive reuse project to become the new HQ for Hastings Architecture. The building also houses the United Talent Agency and space for McAlpine, a residential architecture and interior design firm.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Viby’s new library and cultural center was designed “to feel like a living room” for the small Danish town about 40 km west of Copenhagen, according to its architect.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The design of the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library has been unveiled. .

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

million, 18,000-sq-ft library required the project team to make extensive modifications to achieve a curved design—all while working with materials that were not intended to bend along a curve. .

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MAY 29, 2013

The American Institute of Architects has selected six recipients to receive the 2013 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. Biennially, representatives from the AIA and the American Library Association gather to celebrate the finest examples of library design by architects licensed in the U.S. Body Image: read more.

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APRIL 19, 2019

The TL Robertson Library, which has two million users per year, is being revamped by Danish architectural firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, with the help of Australian architecture firm Hames Sharley. Modern architecture is known for its sleek, streamlined design, but it’s also often been aptly characterized as being cold and sterile.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The expansion of colorado college’s Tutt Library doubled its size to 94,000 sf, making it likely to be named the nation’s largest 24/7 net-zero academic library. Designed in Brutalist style by Chicago architect Walter Netsch (1920–2008), Tutt Library opened in 1961.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Originally built in 1933, Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library/State Library Resource Center (EPFL) has recently undergone a $115 million renovation project. The project’s goals were to prioritize digital fluency, collaboration, learning, and creation.

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MAY 31, 2017

million people visited the Boston Public Library between July 2016 and March 2017. That’s a 22% increase over what the library drew from July 2015 through March 2016. That bump was attributable, in large measure, to the library’s $78 million renovation, the results of which debuted in July 2016.

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