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Charles Negre Library and Cultural Center

Beaudouin Architectes and Ivry Serres Foster Community with the Charles Nègre Cultural Center in France

Grasse, France

December 1, 2022

The cultural center and winner of l'Équerre d'argent—France’s most esteemed architecture award—gets up close and personal with its neighbors in a dense historic town in the south of France.

Dominique Coulon & Associés's L'Animu Media Library Touches the Land Gently

Corsica, France

Andrew Ayers

October 14, 2022

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Located in the city of Porto-Vecchio, this scalloped cultural center circumvents existing cork oaks olive trees and granite boulders.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.

Mecanoo and OTJ Architects Transform a Mies van der Rohe Library in Washington, D.C.

Deane Madsen

September 2, 2022

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Preserving the best of Mies, the collaborating Dutch and American firms have revived this '70s masterpiece for 21^st century users.

Adams Street Branch Library by NADAAA

Boston

Mark Lamster

March 1, 2022

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The firm's Boston branch library draws on its surrounding context and historic precedents.

Winter Park Library and Events Center by Adjaye Associates

Winter Park, Florida

David Rifkind, Ph.D.

March 1, 2022

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Adjaye Associates designs a community complex in Winter Park, Florida anchored by a library.

MIT Hayden Memorial Library by Kennedy & Violich Architecture

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Suzanne Stephens

February 1, 2022

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KVA founding principal Sheila Kennedy is among the featured speakers at the June 20th Boston edition of Record on the Road.

Mecanoo Revamps New York City's Midtown Library

New York City

Laura Raskin

June 1, 2021

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Mecanoo’s revamped library in the midst of Manhattan elevates the joy of reading.

Phoenix Central Library Receives AIA’s 25-Year Award

Fred A. Bernstein

May 31, 2021

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Since it opened in 1995, Bruder has been able to bring the building into the 21^st century without compromising his architectural vision, of which flexibility was a key part.