Green in 2008: LJ’s Annual Architectural Issue Out Now
-- Library Journal, 12/16/2008 1:25:00 PM
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For 2008, green was the word when it came to library construction—as in a lot of green was spent on new buildings, and a lot of green technology went into those construction efforts. According to Library Journal’s 2008 Architectural Issue, there were some 183 public libraries and 30 academic facilities completed between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, projects that managed to squeak through before the repercussions from the current financial debacles.
With going green a prominent trend, LJ asked the respondents to this year’s architecture survey to include “sustainable” features that made an impact on their designs—and the largest academic project on the 2008 list of academic libraries, the Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Technology Center and Orradre Library at Santa Clara University, CA, certainly qualifies. The project, which totaled a healthy $92 million and 194,000 square feet, repurposed its existing structure, as well as taking advantage of reused clay roof tiles, double-height clerestory windows, dimmable lighting zones, reclaimed water, and reflective white “cool-roofs.”
In addition to the accomplishments in library design and construction made this year, 2008 also marked a personal milestone for Library Journal managing editor Bette-Lee Fox: this year marks her 30th Architectural Issue (see LJ 12/1/79). “Designs may change, fads may come and go,” Fox says she’s learned after three decades of surveying building projects, “but, ultimately, libraries are the strength behind their communities.”
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