Welcome to the 2024 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Like the profession itself, library facilities are in a ...

Welcome to the 2021 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address user needs in unique, interesting, and effective ways. That this year’s ...

Shanghai is the most populous city in the world with almost 25 million inhabitants and the library system of the city dates back to 1847, so the competition to determine the architecture firm that ...

Brooklyn Public Library has unveiled designs for a dramatically reimagined modern library in New Lots that nods to the site’s history as an African burial ground, set to replace the currently standing ...

Libraries are traditionally located in the central core as the quintessential heart of the campus. They are owned by none yet used by all. While the purpose of the library remains relatively ...

For more than a century, New Canaan’s public library has been a centerpiece of the bucolic—and affluent—western Connecticut town. Originally built in 1913, the library building was bordered by ...

Wallace Library welcomes you to a clean, safe environment where everyone can enjoy comfortable seating, study rooms, library resources, and assistance from the library staff! In order to ensure that ...

At the November board meeting, architects from Ashley McGraw presented the completed schematic design outlining proposed updates to the library’s 50-year-old building. Renderings show a dramatic new ...

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The building elevation will feature brick frames and vertical piers that create depth thanks to corbelling and bonding patterns. (Courtesy City of Boston) The plan will replace an existing, midcentury ...

After more than a decade of discussions and delays, a plan to replace the more than 50-year-old Southdale Library in Edina is finally moving forward. The Hennepin County Board approved a building ...