The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are awarding six libraries with the 2018 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards for excellence in architectural design.

Embark on a compelling exploration of the transformative impact of wood and mass timber—including cross laminated timber (CLT) and glulam elements—in the design and construction of libraries and other ...

Welcome to the 2022 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address user needs in inventive, interesting, and effective ways. This year’s ...

Photo by Jeff Allen, courtesy of Turner Construction Co. Located on a half-acre site, the two-story, 20,786-sq-ft mass timber library marks the first time self-supporting dowel-laminated timber (DLT) ...

WALTHAM — The Waltham Public Library was recently awarded a $100,000 planning and design grant by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, putting its building project into the second phase ...

Many academic planners assumed that the coming of the Internet would lead to the decline of the library as we know it. To the contrary, many academic libraries have experienced significantly increased ...

Welcome to the 2021 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address user needs in unique, interesting, and effective ways. That this year’s ...

Library makerspaces offer community members the opportunity to tinker, design, experiment, and create with a range of technology in an informal learning space. However, because current makerspaces and ...

A pair of multimillion-dollar construction projects for the Springfield-Greene County Library District are close to making ...

Ritter Public Library, 5680 Liberty Ave. in Vermilion, is asking professional architectural and design firms to submit a statement of qualifications to be kept on file for purposes of future ...

The Victorville City Library invites local artists to submit designs to transform an unfinished, book-shaped bench into ...