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Reasons to reinvent the Midcentury academic library

DLR Group's Interior Design Leader Gretchen Holy, Assoc. IIDA, shares the idea that a designer's responsibility to embrace a library’s history, respect its past, and create an environment that will serve student populations for the next 100 years.




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Giants 400 | Dec 3, 2020

2020 Cultural Facilities Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. cultural facilities sector

AECOM, Arup, and Populous head BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest cultural facilities sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2020 Giants 400 Report.

Libraries | Nov 30, 2020

Adjaye Associates reveals design of the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library

The project is located in Johannesburg.

Libraries | HGA Insights Blog | Oct 22, 2020

Envisioning libraries as community hubs

In the following, HGA Vice President and Senior Designer Jane Dedering discusses her passion for libraries, community engagement, and how the current pandemic will influence libraries moving forward.

Libraries | Oct 21, 2020

Hôtel particulier built in 1642 becomes a media library and park

The project is located in Pélissanne.

Libraries | Sep 25, 2020

Major renovation to Providence’s downtown library is completed

The $29 million project adds light and collaborative space to a 67-year-old wing.

Libraries | Sep 22, 2020

Snøhetta wins design for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

The project is located in Medora, N.D.

Libraries | Sep 18, 2020

Four projects receive 2020 AIA/ALA Library Building Award

2020 AIA/ALA Library Building Award recipients must demonstrate design achievement, including a sense of place, purpose, ecology, environmental sustainability, and of history.

Libraries | GBBN | Sep 15, 2020

Campus libraries are leaping into the future

The world of information and student populations are constantly evolving. Academic libraries can lead the way as campuses strive to stay ahead.

Giants 400 | Aug 28, 2020

2020 Giants 400 Report: Ranking the nation's largest architecture, engineering, and construction firms

The 2020 Giants 400 Report features more than 130 rankings across 25 building sectors and specialty categories.

Libraries | GBBN | May 12, 2020

Designing resilient libraries for a post-covid world

As architects, it has been especially interesting to see how public libraries have deployed their physical resources and spaces to continue serving their communities despite these closures.

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