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 ...

A floor plan is a two-dimensional drawing to scale that shows a room or building from above. Imagine looking down on a dollhouse without its roof. A floor plan is often used as a planning tool and it ...

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 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 ...

The $695,071 proposal would relocate and expand the first‑floor restrooms and Maker Space, add a janitor’s closet, and make the restrooms fully ADA‑compliant. The existing meeting room would also be ...

Task and design concept: Four-in-One with "collection, exhibition, reading, and enjoyment." After on-site investigation, the architect put forward the idea of planning and transforming the library and ...