News

Going Green
Librarians, architects, and planners gathered at the Chicago PL last December 11 for a day of green-themed presentations, panels, and breakout sessions. » » »

Flower Power: Oak Brook PL, IL
Architect Rick McCarthy of Burnidge Cassell Associates offers a possible solution to adding a teen area to a daisy-shaped building without pruning a petal. » » »

An Intervention of Light: UNC-Greensboro, NC
How to revive a dreary storage space and morph it into a vibrant student work area? Architect David Milling shines a light on the problem. » » »

A Colonial Conundrum: Tiverton Library Services, RI
The third design’s the charm for a New England beach community library thanks to Bill Brown of Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects. » » »

Blogs

Review

Sustainable Facilities: Green Design, Construction, and Operations.

McGraw-Hill. 2008. c.224p. illus. maps. index. ISBN 978-0-07-149474-8. $69.95.ARCHITECTURE

Environmental groups are among the first to build administrative and educational facilities following sustainable design principles, but they often lack the resources to publicize their efforts to a wide audience. As remedy, award-winning architect and sustainable design specialist Moskow here offers a portfolio of 20 diverse projects from the last ten years that he and other leading "green" architects executed for organizations such as the World Birding Center and the Natural Resources Defense Council. » » »

Highlights

Growth Potential: Kaukauna PL, WI
With local population expanding, this century-old Carnegie faced the dilemma of extended repairs and expansion or razing and starting over. » » »

Educating a Community: Davenport PL, IA
By attending LJ ’s Design Institute, library and city officials had an epiphany, revamping their preconceived construction plan for their second branch to be “an opportunity to educate our public about climate control and sustainability.” » » »

Big Box Transformed: Bedford PL, TX
To convert a former supermarket into a lean, green, library machine, architects, staff, and the community served start thinking outside the box. » » »

Librarians, Architects, and the Space in Between
New Jersey Associate State Librarian Tina Keresztury sits down with Regan Young of RYEBREAD Architects for straight talk on misconception both fields have about each other, they’re honest similarities, what they need from each other when collaborating on a project. Also check out Expert Opinion: Architects Think to the Future . » » »

Teen Space Picks & What’s Hot
The latest and greatest in library products and furnishings for the teen set, and a plethora of hot products. » » »