Welcome to the 2024 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Like the profession itself, library facilities are in a ...

Welcome to the 2023 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address patron needs in exciting and effective ways. This year’s selections ...

Inside, visitors are greeted by movable shelves, desks, work tables, and other pieces of furniture on casters that can be rolled into storage within minutes to transform a quiet reading zone into a ...

Brooklyn-based SO-IL and Cleveland’s JKurtz Architects have been chosen to design Cleveland’s new Martin Luther King, Jr. branch of the public library system. The team was selected by the Cleveland ...

For the first time in 35 years, the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is building a new branch dedicated to serving the communities in DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, and the Farragut Houses. With a design by New ...

The Park Ridge Public Library’s preparations for a future remodeling plan are continuing with the approval of new expenses for additional design work. The library board of trustees on Sept. 20 ...

After its extreme makeover, the former big-box store is hardly recognizable. The cavernous, warehouse-like building was completely gutted and reconfigured to make way for bookshelves, reading nooks, a ...

When Rotterdam’s Central Library reopens in 2030, its most distinctive features will still be there: the oversized yellow ...

A friend had shared a story on Facebook about the McAllen, Texas main public library moving from a smaller downtown location to a renovated 124,000 square foot former Walmart building last December.

When it comes to libraries, it turns out size does in fact matter. The McAllen Public Library just won the the International Interior Design Association's 2012 Library Interior Design Competition, and ...

The Hunters Point Community Library is one of the finest public buildings New York has produced this century. But it cost more than $40 million, took a decade and almost died. Credit...Winnie Au for ...