Library Design | Architectural Record

Library Design

Architectural Record focuses on the architecture of libraries.

Charles Negre Library and Cultural Center

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

Grasse, France

Andrew Ayers

December 1, 2022

No Comments

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

No Comments

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

One Comment

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

No Comments

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

No Comments

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

One Comment

The architects bring a new vision to the MIT library in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mecanoo Revamps New York City's Midtown Library

New York City

Laura Raskin

June 1, 2021

No Comments

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

No Comments

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.

Mecanoo Respectfully Revises Mies van der Rohe’s MLK Library

Deane Madsen

September 28, 2020

No Comments

Rethinking the original Modernist design brings an aging D.C. icon into the present with an eye toward the future.

The entrance for the north facade of the Billie Jean King Main Library.

Billie Jean King Main Library by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Long Beach, California

Suzanne Stephens

March 2, 2020

2 Comments

A very old material is getting renewed architectural respect.

NOW ON DEMAND

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course will go through project lifecycle stages and whole lifecycle carbon assessments, operational and embodied carbon, before focusing on operational energy basics.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course explores the fundamentals of fire-rated glass and framing, including historical background, fire-rated glazing classifications, and key fire-rated glazing code changes.