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Honorees include new buildings, renovations, and expansions in the US and Canada

CHICAGO — Thirteen new and renovated libraries—and the architecture firms that designed them—have been recognized in American Libraries’ 2019 Library Design Showcase, which appears in the magazine’s September/October issue and is

In its 31st annual iteration, the showcase honors innovative and interesting constructions that effectively address library user needs in the United States and Canada. The highlighted projects—a mix of public, academic, school, and special libraries—were completed between May 1, 2018, and April 30, 2019.

This year’s recognized libraries are:



Barbara J. Burger iZone at University of Rochester in New York

Architect: Holt Architects



Central Rappahannock Regional Library’s Spotsylvania Towne Centre branch in Fredericksburg, Virginia

Architect: George K. Somers, Architect



Flowing Wells Library, Pima County (Ariz.) Public Library

Architect: Line and Space Architects



The Gioconda and Joseph King Library in Palm Beach, Florida

Architect: Kirchhoff & Associates Architects



Greenville County (S.C.) Library System’s Five Forks branch

Architect: McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture and Margaret Sullivan Studio



Idea Exchange Old Post Office in Cambridge, Ontario

Architect: RDHA



New Haven (Conn.) Free Public Library

Architect: Margaret Sullivan Studio



Norman (Okla.) Public Library East, Pioneer Library System

Architect: MSR Design/The McKinney Partnership Architects



Palo Alto (Calif.) High School

Architect: HED



Richland Library Main in Columbia, South Carolina

Architect: Boudreaux, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, and Margaret Sullivan Studio



Stoughton (Mass.) Public Library

Architect: Finegold Alexander Architects



Vellore Village Library, Vaughn (Ont.) Public Libraries

Architect: ZAS Architects



Wisconsin School of Business Learning Commons in Madison

Architect: Potter Lawson/MSR Design



Other inspiring architecture and design content in American Libraries’ September/October 2019 issue includes the 2019 91´«Ã½/American Institute of Architects Library Building Awards, case studies in new library construction, and columns on inclusive and participatory design.



Be sure to listen to the Dewey Decibel podcast’s September 30 , which will feature stories related to architecture and design, when it arrives later this month.