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Past Issue - Libraries
OMA | LMN, Seattle Central Library The library represents, maybe with the prison, the last of the uncontested moral universes. The moral goodness of the library is intimately connected to the conceptual values of the book: the library is its fortress; librarians are its guardians…...North AmericanOMA | LMN, Seattle Central LibraryDavid Chipperfield Architects, Des Moines... The library forms an integral part of the new Des Moines 'Western Gateway Park'. This area of the city is currently undergoing extensive redevelopment and the new library and park will become a centrepiece for the urban renewal of Des Moines. Located...North AmericanDavid Chipperfield Architects, Des Moines...Antoine Predock Architect PC, Robert Hoag... Located in Southern Colorado, Pueblo is sited at the foot of the Wet Mountains where the Great Plains meet the Rockies. Pueblo is both a geographical and cultural crossroads. The new library is a sculptural abstraction of, and a careful response...North AmericanAntoine Predock Architect PC, Robert Hoag...Patkau Architects / LM Architectural Group,... Winnipeg Centennial Library, originally constructed in 1976 as a three-story building, occupies a city block along with a large public park,. Both library and green space stand on a below-grade parking garage. The library, which is roughly...North AmericanPatkau Architects / LM Architectural Group,...Richärd + Bauer, Phoenix Desert Broom  Borrowing the symbiotic relationship of a young saguaro and nurse tree, the expansive roof of the Desert Broom Branch Library creates a shaded microclimate, providing daylight, shelter and a nurturing environment for intellectual growth. The roof...North AmericanRichärd + Bauer, Phoenix Desert Broom Marble Fairbanks, Glen Oaks Branch Library Glen Oaks Branch Library is designed to replace an existing one story facility with a new 18,000 sf, high performance, LEED certified building. The program includes adult, young adult, and children’s reading areas and collections, periodicals,...North AmericanMarble Fairbanks, Glen Oaks Branch LibraryPelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Minneapolis... Since 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library, with the fourth largest metropolitan collection in the country, has changed the lives of millions of people by providing ready access to knowledge and information and serving as a source of community pride...North AmericanPelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Minneapolis...
 
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