2020 Library Design Showcase
The year’s most impressive new and renovated libraries
September 1, 2020
Welcome to the 2020 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries. These shining examples of architectural innovation—completed before the COVID-19 pandemic—address user needs in unique, interesting, and effective ways. As with past showcases, renovations and expansions dominate submissions, as communities find novel ways to conserve and honor existing spaces while moving them into the 21st century.
Toledo–Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library, Main Library
The renovation of Toledo–Lucas County Public Library used the art deco geometric motifs and colors found in the building’s central court as the basis for new millwork to create a unifying theme, in particular in the meeting rooms, technology training lab, makerspace, recording studios, and audio/video collections. The library’s entrance was also updated: Patrons now enter through a bright, backpainted glass–clad promenade flanked by a glass-enclosed community meeting room and a business incubator that showcases start-ups using the library.
Project: Renovation
Architect: HBM Architects
Size: 105,000 square feet
Cost: $8.4 million
Photo: Roger Mastroianni
Toledo–Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library, Main Library
The renovation of Toledo–Lucas County Public Library used the art deco geometric motifs and colors found in the building’s central court as the basis for new millwork to create a unifying theme, in particular in the meeting rooms, technology training lab, makerspace, recording studios, and audio/video collections. The library’s entrance was also updated: Patrons now enter through a bright, backpainted glass–clad promenade flanked by a glass-enclosed community meeting room and a business incubator that showcases start-ups using the library.
Project: Renovation
Architect: HBM Architects
Size: 105,000 square feet
Cost: $8.4 million
Photo: Roger Mastroianni
Toledo–Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library, Main Library
The renovation of Toledo–Lucas County Public Library used the art deco geometric motifs and colors found in the building’s central court as the basis for new millwork to create a unifying theme, in particular in the meeting rooms, technology training lab, makerspace, recording studios, and audio/video collections. The library’s entrance was also updated: Patrons now enter through a bright, backpainted glass–clad promenade flanked by a glass-enclosed community meeting room and a business incubator that showcases start-ups using the library.
Project: Renovation
Architect: HBM Architects
Size: 105,000 square feet
Cost: $8.4 million
Photo: Roger Mastroianni
Toledo–Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library, Main Library
The renovation of Toledo–Lucas County Public Library used the art deco geometric motifs and colors found in the building’s central court as the basis for new millwork to create a unifying theme, in particular in the meeting rooms, technology training lab, makerspace, recording studios, and audio/video collections. The library’s entrance was also updated: Patrons now enter through a bright, backpainted glass–clad promenade flanked by a glass-enclosed community meeting room and a business incubator that showcases start-ups using the library.
Project: Renovation
Architect: HBM Architects
Size: 105,000 square feet
Cost: $8.4 million
Photo: Roger Mastroianni
Toledo–Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library, Main Library
The renovation of Toledo–Lucas County Public Library used the art deco geometric motifs and colors found in the building’s central court as the basis for new millwork to create a unifying theme, in particular in the meeting rooms, technology training lab, makerspace, recording studios, and audio/video collections. The library’s entrance was also updated: Patrons now enter through a bright, backpainted glass–clad promenade flanked by a glass-enclosed community meeting room and a business incubator that showcases start-ups using the library.
Project: Renovation
Architect: HBM Architects
Size: 105,000 square feet
Cost: $8.4 million
Photo: Roger Mastroianni
Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore
The renovation of Enoch Pratt Free Library expanded services, technology, and space for staff and patrons while also restoring historic materials and finishes—plaster, millwork, terrazzo, decorative metal elements and paintings, and lighting—to their original state. Period design motifs provided inspiration for the new graphics and murals that were installed throughout the building, from the upper floors to the children’s department on the lower levels.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners
Size: 290,000 square feet
Cost: $115 million
Photo: Joseph Romeo Photography
Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore
The renovation of Enoch Pratt Free Library expanded services, technology, and space for staff and patrons while also restoring historic materials and finishes—plaster, millwork, terrazzo, decorative metal elements and paintings, and lighting—to their original state. Period design motifs provided inspiration for the new graphics and murals that were installed throughout the building, from the upper floors to the children’s department on the lower levels.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners
Size: 290,000 square feet
Cost: $115 million
Photo: Joseph Romeo Photography
Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore
The renovation of Enoch Pratt Free Library expanded services, technology, and space for staff and patrons while also restoring historic materials and finishes—plaster, millwork, terrazzo, decorative metal elements and paintings, and lighting—to their original state. Period design motifs provided inspiration for the new graphics and murals that were installed throughout the building, from the upper floors to the children’s department on the lower levels.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners
Size: 290,000 square feet
Cost: $115 million
Photo: Joseph Romeo Photography
Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore
The renovation of Enoch Pratt Free Library expanded services, technology, and space for staff and patrons while also restoring historic materials and finishes—plaster, millwork, terrazzo, decorative metal elements and paintings, and lighting—to their original state. Period design motifs provided inspiration for the new graphics and murals that were installed throughout the building, from the upper floors to the children’s department on the lower levels.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners
Size: 290,000 square feet
Cost: $115 million
Photo: Joseph Romeo Photography
Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore
The renovation of Enoch Pratt Free Library expanded services, technology, and space for staff and patrons while also restoring historic materials and finishes—plaster, millwork, terrazzo, decorative metal elements and paintings, and lighting—to their original state. Period design motifs provided inspiration for the new graphics and murals that were installed throughout the building, from the upper floors to the children’s department on the lower levels.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners
Size: 290,000 square feet
Cost: $115 million
Photo: Joseph Romeo Photography
Providence (R.I.) Public Library
Providence Public Library recently completed the state’s largest-ever library renovation project with an interior overhaul of its 1950s-era Empire Street wing. The project expanded the library’s community learning venues, flexible spaces, quiet study spaces, teen loft, children’s library, and 260-seat auditorium. The renovation also relocated the special collections suite for better public access and upgraded the library’s safety systems.
Project: Renovation
Architect: designLAB
Architects
Size: 100,000 square feet
Cost: $29 million
Photo: Peter Vanderwarker
Providence (R.I.) Public Library
Providence Public Library recently completed the state’s largest-ever library renovation project with an interior overhaul of its 1950s-era Empire Street wing. The project expanded the library’s community learning venues, flexible spaces, quiet study spaces, teen loft, children’s library, and 260-seat auditorium. The renovation also relocated the special collections suite for better public access and upgraded the library’s safety systems.
Project: Renovation
Architect: designLAB
Architects
Size: 100,000 square feet
Cost: $29 million
Photo: Anton Grassl
Providence (R.I.) Public Library
Providence Public Library recently completed the state’s largest-ever library renovation project with an interior overhaul of its 1950s-era Empire Street wing. The project expanded the library’s community learning venues, flexible spaces, quiet study spaces, teen loft, children’s library, and 260-seat auditorium. The renovation also relocated the special collections suite for better public access and upgraded the library’s safety systems.
Project: Renovation
Architect: designLAB
Architects
Size: 100,000 square feet
Cost: $29 million
Photo: Anton Grassl
Providence (R.I.) Public Library
Providence Public Library recently completed the state’s largest-ever library renovation project with an interior overhaul of its 1950s-era Empire Street wing. The project expanded the library’s community learning venues, flexible spaces, quiet study spaces, teen loft, children’s library, and 260-seat auditorium. The renovation also relocated the special collections suite for better public access and upgraded the library’s safety systems.
Project: Renovation
Architect: designLAB
Architects
Size: 100,000 square feet
Cost: $29 million
Photo: Anton Grassl
Providence (R.I.) Public Library
Providence Public Library recently completed the state’s largest-ever library renovation project with an interior overhaul of its 1950s-era Empire Street wing. The project expanded the library’s community learning venues, flexible spaces, quiet study spaces, teen loft, children’s library, and 260-seat auditorium. The renovation also relocated the special collections suite for better public access and upgraded the library’s safety systems.
Project: Renovation
Architect: designLAB
Architects
Size: 100,000 square feet
Cost: $29 million
Photo: Anton Grassl
Lutnick Library, Haverford (Pa.) College
Five additions to Lutnick Library, completed from 1864 to 1967, had buried the building’s historic core, creating a dark and disorienting facility. Selective demolition and new construction generated a new space that respects the building’s history and added warm, contemporary learning areas, including a reading room, a digital scholarship commons, an art gallery, a café, and a research room, as well as climate-controlled storage for the library’s Quaker and other special collections.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects
Size: 63,700 square feet
Cost: $35.2 million
Photo: Chuck Choi
Lutnick Library, Haverford (Pa.) College
Five additions to Lutnick Library, completed from 1864 to 1967, had buried the building’s historic core, creating a dark and disorienting facility. Selective demolition and new construction generated a new space that respects the building’s history and added warm, contemporary learning areas, including a reading room, a digital scholarship commons, an art gallery, a café, and a research room, as well as climate-controlled storage for the library’s Quaker and other special collections.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects
Size: 63,700 square feet
Cost: $35.2 million
Photo: Chuck Choi
Lutnick Library, Haverford (Pa.) College
Five additions to Lutnick Library, completed from 1864 to 1967, had buried the building’s historic core, creating a dark and disorienting facility. Selective demolition and new construction generated a new space that respects the building’s history and added warm, contemporary learning areas, including a reading room, a digital scholarship commons, an art gallery, a café, and a research room, as well as climate-controlled storage for the library’s Quaker and other special collections.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects
Size: 63,700 square feet
Cost: $35.2 million
Photo: Chuck Choi
Lutnick Library, Haverford (Pa.) College
Five additions to Lutnick Library, completed from 1864 to 1967, had buried the building’s historic core, creating a dark and disorienting facility. Selective demolition and new construction generated a new space that respects the building’s history and added warm, contemporary learning areas, including a reading room, a digital scholarship commons, an art gallery, a café, and a research room, as well as climate-controlled storage for the library’s Quaker and other special collections.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects
Size: 63,700 square feet
Cost: $35.2 million
Photo: Chuck Choi
Lutnick Library, Haverford (Pa.) College
Five additions to Lutnick Library, completed from 1864 to 1967, had buried the building’s historic core, creating a dark and disorienting facility. Selective demolition and new construction generated a new space that respects the building’s history and added warm, contemporary learning areas, including a reading room, a digital scholarship commons, an art gallery, a café, and a research room, as well as climate-controlled storage for the library’s Quaker and other special collections.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects
Size: 63,700 square feet
Cost: $35.2 million
Photo: Chuck Choi
Union County (S.C.) Carnegie Library
The renovation of Union County Carnegie Library brought the 115-year-old building back to its original glory. The design and construction teams restored its authentic paint colors, terra cotta and granite accents, brick detailing, and wooden cornices, dentils, and columns on the building’s exterior, as well as the interior’s wood floors, plaster walls, pressed-tin ceiling, and stained-glass skylight. The library won the 2019 South Carolina Preservation Honor Award from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History for its renovation.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Size: 13,460 square feet
Cost: $2 million
Photo: Firewater Photography
Union County (S.C.) Carnegie Library
The renovation of Union County Carnegie Library brought the 115-year-old building back to its original glory. The design and construction teams restored its authentic paint colors, terra cotta and granite accents, brick detailing, and wooden cornices, dentils, and columns on the building’s exterior, as well as the interior’s wood floors, plaster walls, pressed-tin ceiling, and stained-glass skylight. The library won the 2019 South Carolina Preservation Honor Award from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History for its renovation.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Size: 13,460 square feet
Cost: $2 million
Photo: Firewater Photography
Union County (S.C.) Carnegie Library
The renovation of Union County Carnegie Library brought the 115-year-old building back to its original glory. The design and construction teams restored its authentic paint colors, terra cotta and granite accents, brick detailing, and wooden cornices, dentils, and columns on the building’s exterior, as well as the interior’s wood floors, plaster walls, pressed-tin ceiling, and stained-glass skylight. The library won the 2019 South Carolina Preservation Honor Award from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History for its renovation.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Size: 13,460 square feet
Cost: $2 million
Photo: Firewater Photography
Union County (S.C.) Carnegie Library
The renovation of Union County Carnegie Library brought the 115-year-old building back to its original glory. The design and construction teams restored its authentic paint colors, terra cotta and granite accents, brick detailing, and wooden cornices, dentils, and columns on the building’s exterior, as well as the interior’s wood floors, plaster walls, pressed-tin ceiling, and stained-glass skylight. The library won the 2019 South Carolina Preservation Honor Award from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History for its renovation.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Size: 13,460 square feet
Cost: $2 million
Photo: Firewater Photography
Union County (S.C.) Carnegie Library
The renovation of Union County Carnegie Library brought the 115-year-old building back to its original glory. The design and construction teams restored its authentic paint colors, terra cotta and granite accents, brick detailing, and wooden cornices, dentils, and columns on the building’s exterior, as well as the interior’s wood floors, plaster walls, pressed-tin ceiling, and stained-glass skylight. The library won the 2019 South Carolina Preservation Honor Award from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History for its renovation.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Size: 13,460 square feet
Cost: $2 million
Photo: Firewater Photography
Toronto (Ont.) Public Library, North York Central Library
Originally built in 1987, this postmodern building required renovations to bring it into the 21st century. A grand staircase now frames the building’s seven-story atrium and improves air circulation throughout. A new creation loft on the second floor includes a digital innovation lab with 3D printers, audio and video recording facilities, and a fabrication studio with sewing equipment. A new children’s department contains interactive and electronic learning stations that support preschool literacy and children with special needs.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects
Size: 168,000 square feet
Cost: $11 million
Photo: Lisa Logan Photography
Originally built in 1987, this postmodern building required renovations to bring it into the 21st century. A grand staircase now frames the building’s seven-story atrium and improves air circulation throughout. A new creation loft on the second floor includes a digital innovation lab with 3D printers, audio and video recording facilities, and a fabrication studio with sewing equipment. A new children’s department contains interactive and electronic learning stations that support preschool literacy and children with special needs. Project: Renovation Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects Size: 168,000 square feet Cost: $11 million Photo: Lisa Logan Photography
Originally built in 1987, this postmodern building required renovations to bring it into the 21st century. A grand staircase now frames the building’s seven-story atrium and improves air circulation throughout. A new creation loft on the second floor includes a digital innovation lab with 3D printers, audio and video recording facilities, and a fabrication studio with sewing equipment. A new children’s department contains interactive and electronic learning stations that support preschool literacy and children with special needs. Project: Renovation Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects Size: 168,000 square feet Cost: $11 million Photo: Lisa Logan Photography
Originally built in 1987, this postmodern building required renovations to bring it into the 21st century. A grand staircase now frames the building’s seven-story atrium and improves air circulation throughout. A new creation loft on the second floor includes a digital innovation lab with 3D printers, audio and video recording facilities, and a fabrication studio with sewing equipment. A new children’s department contains interactive and electronic learning stations that support preschool literacy and children with special needs. Project: Renovation Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects Size: 168,000 square feet Cost: $11 million Photo: Lisa Logan Photography
Originally built in 1987, this postmodern building required renovations to bring it into the 21st century. A grand staircase now frames the building’s seven-story atrium and improves air circulation throughout. A new creation loft on the second floor includes a digital innovation lab with 3D printers, audio and video recording facilities, and a fabrication studio with sewing equipment. A new children’s department contains interactive and electronic learning stations that support preschool literacy and children with special needs. Project: Renovation Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects Size: 168,000 square feet Cost: $11 million Photo: Lisa Logan Photography
Lyons (Colo.) Community Library
In 2013, flooding in Lyons, Colorado, destroyed the small town’s public library, which was housed in a historic railroad depot. After six years of fundraising and rebuilding, the new Lyons Community Library opened its doors on the anniversary of the flood to serve as a symbol of the town’s resilience. Central to the library’s design is a large community room for live music, theatrical performances, and town meetings.
Project: New construction
Architect: RATIO
Size: 6,500 square feet
Cost: $2.5 million
Photo: Paul Brokering
Lyons (Colo.) Community Library
In 2013, flooding in Lyons, Colorado, destroyed the small town’s public library, which was housed in a historic railroad depot. After six years of fundraising and rebuilding, the new Lyons Community Library opened its doors on the anniversary of the flood to serve as a symbol of the town’s resilience. Central to the library’s design is a large community room for live music, theatrical performances, and town meetings.
Project: New construction
Architect: RATIO
Size: 6,500 square feet
Cost: $2.5 million
Photo: Paul Brokering
Lyons (Colo.) Community Library
In 2013, flooding in Lyons, Colorado, destroyed the small town’s public library, which was housed in a historic railroad depot. After six years of fundraising and rebuilding, the new Lyons Community Library opened its doors on the anniversary of the flood to serve as a symbol of the town’s resilience. Central to the library’s design is a large community room for live music, theatrical performances, and town meetings.
Project: New construction
Architect: RATIO
Size: 6,500 square feet
Cost: $2.5 million
Photo: Paul Brokering
Lyons (Colo.) Community Library
In 2013, flooding in Lyons, Colorado, destroyed the small town’s public library, which was housed in a historic railroad depot. After six years of fundraising and rebuilding, the new Lyons Community Library opened its doors on the anniversary of the flood to serve as a symbol of the town’s resilience. Central to the library’s design is a large community room for live music, theatrical performances, and town meetings.
Project: New construction
Architect: RATIO
Size: 6,500 square feet
Cost: $2.5 million
Photo: Paul Brokering
Lyons (Colo.) Community Library
In 2013, flooding in Lyons, Colorado, destroyed the small town’s public library, which was housed in a historic railroad depot. After six years of fundraising and rebuilding, the new Lyons Community Library opened its doors on the anniversary of the flood to serve as a symbol of the town’s resilience. Central to the library’s design is a large community room for live music, theatrical performances, and town meetings.
Project: New construction
Architect: RATIO
Size: 6,500 square feet
Cost: $2.5 million
Photo: Paul Brokering
Library Learning Center, Texas Southern University in Houston
The new Library Learning Center at this historically Black university features a bold, angular design that draws visitors into the five-level atrium, which serves as the heart of the building. Designed to foster a collaborative learning environment, the building features classrooms, meeting spaces, computer labs, study areas, a gallery, and café.
Project: New construction
Architect: Moody Nolan
Size: 137,000 square feet
Cost: $44 million
Photo: Kayla Hartzog
Library Learning Center, Texas Southern University in Houston
The new Library Learning Center at this historically Black university features a bold, angular design that draws visitors into the five-level atrium, which serves as the heart of the building. Designed to foster a collaborative learning environment, the building features classrooms, meeting spaces, computer labs, study areas, a gallery, and café.
Project: New construction
Architect: Moody Nolan
Size: 137,000 square feet
Cost: $44 million
Photo: Kayla Hartzog
Library Learning Center, Texas Southern University in Houston
The new Library Learning Center at this historically Black university features a bold, angular design that draws visitors into the five-level atrium, which serves as the heart of the building. Designed to foster a collaborative learning environment, the building features classrooms, meeting spaces, computer labs, study areas, a gallery, and café.
Project: New construction
Architect: Moody Nolan
Size: 137,000 square feet
Cost: $44 million
Photo: Kayla Hartzog
Library Learning Center, Texas Southern University in Houston
The new Library Learning Center at this historically Black university features a bold, angular design that draws visitors into the five-level atrium, which serves as the heart of the building. Designed to foster a collaborative learning environment, the building features classrooms, meeting spaces, computer labs, study areas, a gallery, and café.
Project: New construction
Architect: Moody Nolan
Size: 137,000 square feet
Cost: $44 million
Photo: Kayla Hartzog
Library Learning Center, Texas Southern University in Houston
The new Library Learning Center at this historically Black university features a bold, angular design that draws visitors into the five-level atrium, which serves as the heart of the building. Designed to foster a collaborative learning environment, the building features classrooms, meeting spaces, computer labs, study areas, a gallery, and café.
Project: New construction
Architect: Moody Nolan
Size: 137,000 square feet
Cost: $44 million
Photo: Kayla Hartzog
Charles Library, Temple University in Philadelphia
The bold new Charles Library houses multiple campus and academic resources, including a student success center, a digital fabrication and technology studio, and Temple University Press. The library is committed to an all-mobile technology strategy, offering laptops and charging banks on every floor, as well as flexible workspaces that adapt to changing technological needs.
Project: New construction
Architect: Snøhetta; Stantec
Size: 220,000 square feet
Cost: $175 million
Photo: Michael Grimm
Charles Library, Temple University in Philadelphia
The bold new Charles Library houses multiple campus and academic resources, including a student success center, a digital fabrication and technology studio, and Temple University Press. The library is committed to an all-mobile technology strategy, offering laptops and charging banks on every floor, as well as flexible workspaces that adapt to changing technological needs.
Project: New construction
Architect: Snøhetta; Stantec
Size: 220,000 square feet
Cost: $175 million
Photo: Michael Grimm
Charles Library, Temple University in Philadelphia
The bold new Charles Library houses multiple campus and academic resources, including a student success center, a digital fabrication and technology studio, and Temple University Press. The library is committed to an all-mobile technology strategy, offering laptops and charging banks on every floor, as well as flexible workspaces that adapt to changing technological needs.
Project: New construction
Architect: Snøhetta; Stantec
Size: 220,000 square feet
Cost: $175 million
Photo: Michael Grimm
Charles Library, Temple University in Philadelphia
The bold new Charles Library houses multiple campus and academic resources, including a student success center, a digital fabrication and technology studio, and Temple University Press. The library is committed to an all-mobile technology strategy, offering laptops and charging banks on every floor, as well as flexible workspaces that adapt to changing technological needs.
Project: New construction
Architect: Snøhetta; Stantec
Size: 220,000 square feet
Cost: $175 million
Photo: Michael Grimm
Charles Library, Temple University in Philadelphia
The bold new Charles Library houses multiple campus and academic resources, including a student success center, a digital fabrication and technology studio, and Temple University Press. The library is committed to an all-mobile technology strategy, offering laptops and charging banks on every floor, as well as flexible workspaces that adapt to changing technological needs.
Project: New construction
Architect: Snøhetta; Stantec
Size: 220,000 square feet
Cost: $175 million
Photo: Michael Grimm
The Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho
The renovation and expansion of the almost 45-year-old building that houses the privately funded and governed nonprofit Community Library stays true to the facility’s original mountain lodge–inspired design while incorporating new spaces for physical and digital collections, technology, and civic engagement. The library was awarded a 2020 ALA/IIDA Interior Design Award for a Public Library.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: RATIO
Size: 27,000 square feet
Cost: $10 million
Photo: Gabe Border
The Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho
The renovation and expansion of the almost 45-year-old building that houses the privately funded and governed nonprofit Community Library stays true to the facility’s original mountain lodge–inspired design while incorporating new spaces for physical and digital collections, technology, and civic engagement. The library was awarded a 2020 ALA/IIDA Interior Design Award for a Public Library.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: RATIO
Size: 27,000 square feet
Cost: $10 million
Photo: Gabe Border
The Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho
The renovation and expansion of the almost 45-year-old building that houses the privately funded and governed nonprofit Community Library stays true to the facility’s original mountain lodge–inspired design while incorporating new spaces for physical and digital collections, technology, and civic engagement. The library was awarded a 2020 ALA/IIDA Interior Design Award for a Public Library.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: RATIO
Size: 27,000 square feet
Cost: $10 million
Photo: Gabe Border
The Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho
The renovation and expansion of the almost 45-year-old building that houses the privately funded and governed nonprofit Community Library stays true to the facility’s original mountain lodge–inspired design while incorporating new spaces for physical and digital collections, technology, and civic engagement. The library was awarded a 2020 ALA/IIDA Interior Design Award for a Public Library.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: RATIO
Size: 27,000 square feet
Cost: $10 million
Photo: Gabe Border
The Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho
The renovation and expansion of the almost 45-year-old building that houses the privately funded and governed nonprofit Community Library stays true to the facility’s original mountain lodge–inspired design while incorporating new spaces for physical and digital collections, technology, and civic engagement. The library was awarded a 2020 ALA/IIDA Interior Design Award for a Public Library.
Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: RATIO
Size: 27,000 square feet
Cost: $10 million
Photo: Gabe Border
Pierson Library in Shelburne, Vermont
Connected to Shelburne’s newly restored historic town hall, the new Pierson Library replaces a smaller building that suffered from moisture and air-quality problems. Designed for net-zero energy, the library features high-performance mechanical systems and building envelope. Using passive daylighting strategies, local and recycled materials, rooftop solar panels, and onsite stormwater treatment, the public library expects to save approximately $200,000 in lifetime energy costs.
Project: New construction/renovation
Architect: Vermont Integrated Architecture
Size: 19,221 square feet
Cost: $5.8 million
Photo: Ryan Bent Photography
Pierson Library in Shelburne, Vermont
Connected to Shelburne’s newly restored historic town hall, the new Pierson Library replaces a smaller building that suffered from moisture and air-quality problems. Designed for net-zero energy, the library features high-performance mechanical systems and building envelope. Using passive daylighting strategies, local and recycled materials, rooftop solar panels, and onsite stormwater treatment, the public library expects to save approximately $200,000 in lifetime energy costs.
Project: New construction/renovation
Architect: Vermont Integrated Architecture
Size: 19,221 square feet
Cost: $5.8 million
Photo: Ryan Bent Photography
Pierson Library in Shelburne, Vermont
Connected to Shelburne’s newly restored historic town hall, the new Pierson Library replaces a smaller building that suffered from moisture and air-quality problems. Designed for net-zero energy, the library features high-performance mechanical systems and building envelope. Using passive daylighting strategies, local and recycled materials, rooftop solar panels, and onsite stormwater treatment, the public library expects to save approximately $200,000 in lifetime energy costs.
Project: New construction/renovation
Architect: Vermont Integrated Architecture
Size: 19,221 square feet
Cost: $5.8 million
Photo: Ryan Bent Photography
Pierson Library in Shelburne, Vermont
Connected to Shelburne’s newly restored historic town hall, the new Pierson Library replaces a smaller building that suffered from moisture and air-quality problems. Designed for net-zero energy, the library features high-performance mechanical systems and building envelope. Using passive daylighting strategies, local and recycled materials, rooftop solar panels, and onsite stormwater treatment, the public library expects to save approximately $200,000 in lifetime energy costs.
Project: New construction/renovation
Architect: Vermont Integrated Architecture
Size: 19,221 square feet
Cost: $5.8 million
Photo: Ryan Bent Photography
Pierson Library in Shelburne, Vermont
Connected to Shelburne’s newly restored historic town hall, the new Pierson Library replaces a smaller building that suffered from moisture and air-quality problems. Designed for net-zero energy, the library features high-performance mechanical systems and building envelope. Using passive daylighting strategies, local and recycled materials, rooftop solar panels, and onsite stormwater treatment, the public library expects to save approximately $200,000 in lifetime energy costs.
Project: New construction/renovation
Architect: Vermont Integrated Architecture
Size: 19,221 square feet
Cost: $5.8 million
Photo: Ryan Bent Photography
Newport Beach (Calif.) Public Library, Corona Del Mar branch Affectionately known as “The Fibrary,” the newly combined library and fire station construction project replaces two older adjacent buildings, maximizing interior space, energy efficiency, and parking areas. The library features a colorful children’s area, reading spaces for teens and adults, stroller parking, and an outdoor porch for year-round use by the seaside community. The interior incorporates the work of a local artist to highlight the area’s history.
Project: New construction
Architect: WLC Architects
Size: 10,314 square feet
Cost: $6.8 million
Photo: Dale Christopher Lang
Newport Beach (Calif.) Public Library, Corona Del Mar branch Affectionately known as “The Fibrary,” the newly combined library and fire station construction project replaces two older adjacent buildings, maximizing interior space, energy efficiency, and parking areas. The library features a colorful children’s area, reading spaces for teens and adults, stroller parking, and an outdoor porch for year-round use by the seaside community. The interior incorporates the work of a local artist to highlight the area’s history.
Project: New construction
Architect: WLC Architects
Size: 10,314 square feet
Cost: $6.8 million
Photo: Dale Christopher Lang
Newport Beach (Calif.) Public Library, Corona Del Mar branch Affectionately known as “The Fibrary,” the newly combined library and fire station construction project replaces two older adjacent buildings, maximizing interior space, energy efficiency, and parking areas. The library features a colorful children’s area, reading spaces for teens and adults, stroller parking, and an outdoor porch for year-round use by the seaside community. The interior incorporates the work of a local artist to highlight the area’s history.
Project: New construction
Architect: WLC Architects
Size: 10,314 square feet
Cost: $6.8 million
Photo: Dale Christopher Lang
Newport Beach (Calif.) Public Library, Corona Del Mar branch Affectionately known as “The Fibrary,” the newly combined library and fire station construction project replaces two older adjacent buildings, maximizing interior space, energy efficiency, and parking areas. The library features a colorful children’s area, reading spaces for teens and adults, stroller parking, and an outdoor porch for year-round use by the seaside community. The interior incorporates the work of a local artist to highlight the area’s history.
Project: New construction
Architect: WLC Architects
Size: 10,314 square feet
Cost: $6.8 million
Photo: Dale Christopher Lang
Newport Beach (Calif.) Public Library, Corona Del Mar branch Affectionately known as “The Fibrary,” the newly combined library and fire station construction project replaces two older adjacent buildings, maximizing interior space, energy efficiency, and parking areas. The library features a colorful children’s area, reading spaces for teens and adults, stroller parking, and an outdoor porch for year-round use by the seaside community. The interior incorporates the work of a local artist to highlight the area’s history.
Project: New construction
Architect: WLC Architects
Size: 10,314 square feet
Cost: $6.8 million
Photo: Dale Christopher Lang
Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame in Indiana
The renovation of Hesburgh Library transformed the midcentury modern facility into a place for advanced contemporary scholarship. The project brought natural light into the building’s interior and integrated materials that complement the existing aesthetic. The entrance gallery, which spans the first and second floors, now connects the main entrance and upper 12 floors through an atrium-style opening, and an enhanced technology area lets students access digital services and resources.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Shepley Bulfinch; Alliance Architects
Size: 146,650 square feet
Cost: $25.1 million
Photo: Jonathan Hillyer
Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame in Indiana
The renovation of Hesburgh Library transformed the midcentury modern facility into a place for advanced contemporary scholarship. The project brought natural light into the building’s interior and integrated materials that complement the existing aesthetic. The entrance gallery, which spans the first and second floors, now connects the main entrance and upper 12 floors through an atrium-style opening, and an enhanced technology area lets students access digital services and resources.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Shepley Bulfinch; Alliance Architects
Size: 146,650 square feet
Cost: $25.1 million
Photo: Darris Lee Harris
Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame in Indiana
The renovation of Hesburgh Library transformed the midcentury modern facility into a place for advanced contemporary scholarship. The project brought natural light into the building’s interior and integrated materials that complement the existing aesthetic. The entrance gallery, which spans the first and second floors, now connects the main entrance and upper 12 floors through an atrium-style opening, and an enhanced technology area lets students access digital services and resources.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Shepley Bulfinch; Alliance Architects
Size: 146,650 square feet
Cost: $25.1 million
Photo: Darris Lee Harris
Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame in Indiana
The renovation of Hesburgh Library transformed the midcentury modern facility into a place for advanced contemporary scholarship. The project brought natural light into the building’s interior and integrated materials that complement the existing aesthetic. The entrance gallery, which spans the first and second floors, now connects the main entrance and upper 12 floors through an atrium-style opening, and an enhanced technology area lets students access digital services and resources.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Shepley Bulfinch; Alliance Architects
Size: 146,650 square feet
Cost: $25.1 million
Photo: Darris Lee Harris
Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame in Indiana
The renovation of Hesburgh Library transformed the midcentury modern facility into a place for advanced contemporary scholarship. The project brought natural light into the building’s interior and integrated materials that complement the existing aesthetic. The entrance gallery, which spans the first and second floors, now connects the main entrance and upper 12 floors through an atrium-style opening, and an enhanced technology area lets students access digital services and resources.
Project: Renovation
Architect: Shepley Bulfinch; Alliance Architects
Size: 146,650 square feet
Cost: $25.1 million
Photo: Darris Lee Harris
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