For immediate release | August 14, 2024
American Libraries recognizes 12 libraries in its 2024 Library Design Showcase
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CHICAGO - Twelve new and renovated libraries, as well as their architects, have been recognized in American Libraries’ 2024 Library Design Showcase. The showcase appears in the magazine’s September/October issue, .
The 36th annual showcase highlights innovative constructions and remodels across the US and Canada that address patrons’ evolving needs. All projects in this year’s selection were completed between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024. The buildings—comprising public and academic libraries and one operations center—demonstrate how libraries are adapting their spaces to better support people, programming, and sustainability efforts.
This year’s featured projects are:
Brown County (Wis.) Library, East branch
Somerville Architects and Engineers
Calgary (Alberta) Public Library, Fish Creek branch
BRZ Partnership Architecture Inc., Carswell Consulting Engineers, and F&D Scene Changes
Georgia State University, North Library Study Commons in Atlanta
PRAXIS3
Grimes (Iowa) Public Library
INVISION
Harvard Medical School, The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine in Boston
Shepley Bulfinch
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon, Connecticut
QA+M Architecture
Indiana University Bloomington, Education Library
Fanning Howey
Lexington (Ky.) Public Library, Marksbury Family branch
EOP Architects / Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning
Meridian (Idaho) Library District, Orchard Park branch
MSR Design (interior) / CSHQA Inc. (exterior)
Multnomah County (Ore.) Library Operations Center in Portland
Hennebery Eddy Architects
Toronto Public Library, York Woods branch
Diamond Schmitt
Oregon (Wis.) Public Library
OPN Architects
For more information about the Library Design Showcase or to view past selections, visit
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