The Year in Architecture 2024


Nov 04, 2024 | Filed in Design

LJ’s 2024 Year in Architecture trends see libraries simultaneously designing for pragmatic concerns, such as safety and site constraints, and an equally important quotient of delight—achieving harmony in the process!

 

Overview: Finding Balance

LJ’s 2024 Year in Architecture trends see libraries simultaneously designing for pragmatic concerns, such as safety and site constraints, and an equally important quotient of delight—achieving harmony in the process!

 

Architects

A complete listing of the firms that worked on this year’s featured projects

 

Photos (top row l.-r.): Baden Branch Library, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, MD. Grimm + Parker Architects; architect; © Martice Tucker, photo;
Westfield Washington Public Library, IN; krM Architecture, architect; Al Ensley, photo.
Bottom row: Fulshear Branch Library, Fort Bend County Libraries, TX; Huitt-Zollars, Inc., architect; © 2024 Paul Hester, Hester + Hardaway Photographers photo.

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