AIA/ALA Name Winners of Library Design Awards

**AIA/ALA Library Design Award Winners**

Richard + Bauer Architecture

Scottsdale, Arizona

*Photo © Bill Timmerman/courtesy AIA*

Photo © Tim Hursley/courtesy AIA — **AIA/ALA Library Design Award Winners**

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Minneapolis, Minnesota

*Photo © Jeff Goldberg/ESTO*

The eight recipients of the 2009 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards were announced on March 5. The biennial awards, presented by the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association, honor exemplary library projects by architects licensed in the U.S. Recipients will be recognized during the ALA annual conference in Chicago on July 13.

The winners are:

Arabian Library; Scottsdale, Arizona; Richard + Bauer Architecture

Biblioteca Central Estatal Wigberto Jiménez Moreno; Leon, Mexico; Pei Partnership Architects

Chongqing Library; Chongqing, China; Perkins Eastman

C.V. Starr East Asian Library; Berkeley, California; Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Francis Martin Library; Bronx, New York; 1100 Architects

Gentry Public Library; Gentry, Arkansas; Marlon Blackwell Architect

Minneapolis Central Library; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Palo Verde Library/Maryvale Community Center; Phoenix, Arizona; Gould Evans Associates + Wendell Burnette Architects

Jenna M. McKnight is an award-winning journalist and RECORD's former news editor. She has held senior positions at print and online publications and writes regularly about architecture and design.