Library Design | Architectural Record

Waterdown Library and Civic Centre by RDHA

Hamilton, Ontario

March 1, 2017

A slablike building in Ontario offers multilevel spaces that combine a traditional library with local government offices and community rooms.

Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville by OMA

Caen, France

Josephine Minutillo

March 1, 2017

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A crisscrossing library in France marks the spot for a regional center along a redeveloping riverfront.

Toyo Ito Libraries in Japan and Taiwan

The Pritzker Prize-winning architect entices visitors to both explore and linger at a pair of libraries in different countries.

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

January 1, 2016

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With the proliferation of digital data, the private laptop has been taking a toll on the public library.

Portola Branch Library

March 16, 2011

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A single-story, 6,300-square-foot public library on a residential street, with stacks and periodicals along the south wall and a children's room, a program room, and staff offices along the north.

Sunrise Mountain Library

Jenna M. McKnight

March 16, 2011

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In the political realm, Phoenix generally toes the conservative line.

The Westmeath County Buildings and Library, in the town of Mullingar, express the ambitious political and social agenda that held sway in Ireland in the first decade of the 21st century, before the country’s economic bubble collapsed.

William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library

March 16, 2011

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A seven-level, 306,000-square-foot library at Ohio State University, with a central tower of stacks bounded by two atria.

Anacostia Library by The Freelon Group

Washington, D.C.

Suzanne Stephens

March 16, 2011

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In recent years, the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) has embarked on a program of building architecturally noteworthy facilities in a variety of Washington neighborhoods.

Battery Park City Library by 1100 Architect

New York City

Jane Kolleeny

March 16, 2011

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About 40 years ago, bedrock and dirt were excavated to build the World Trade Center in New York's Lower Manhattan.

Bloor/Gladstone Branch Library

March 16, 2011

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A three-level public library that extends the original neoclassical library building from 1912 with a 12,000-square-foot addition, for a total of 25,000 square feet.