The winners of the 2015 American Institute of Architects Library Awards reflect how libraries are adapting—how they’re investing in technology and trying to reframe themselves as vital community gathering spaces. This year’s winners include a children’s library that teaches kids to grow their own food, a university library that has ditched half its collections to create collaborative work spaces, and libraries that are at the heart of catalyzing redevelopment in their neighborhoods. And they prove that even buildings filled with thousands of objects created from dead trees can be environmentally friendly.
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Ooooo! Awesome buildings. Inspiring post. Thanks.
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Agree! Really outstanding innovative mulit-use community spaces. Its great that these particular spaces highlight the importance of environmental stewardship and designs “connecting” with the locations where they are built.
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