Overview: A Sense of Purpose

As the projects featured this year demonstrate, while libraries still welcome all community members, their design has become more purpose-driven, with careful thought given to whom they serve, where, and in what ways— and how best to ensure that their spaces will function for another hundred years.

Architects

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

Photos (top row, l.-r.): Forest Park Branch, Cincinnati & Hamilton County Library, OH; SHP, architect; ©2024 Ed Massery, photo;

Oceanside Library, NY; H2M architects + engineers/MDA Design group Architects & Planners, architects; Robert Lowell Photography, photo.

Bottom row: Midland Library, OR; Bora Architecture & Interiors, colloqate Design, architects; Josh Partee, photo.