A bookmobile designed by RIT students will soon roll into Rochester neighborhoods. Students in RIT’s School of Design spent the fall 2023 semester working with the Rochester Public Library (RPL) and ...

Embarking on a new design or renovation project at your library can be overwhelming. These works, ranging from books on user design to volumes on architectural planning, will help spark ideas. Doucett ...

American Libraries is accepting submissions for the 2026 Library Design Showcase in the September/October issue.

One would be hard-pressed to find a house without books. Besides providing the joys of reading, books are accessories that can personalize a room, dust a neutral space with color, and bring warmth and ...

WALTHAM — The Waltham Public Library was recently awarded a $100,000 planning and design grant by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, putting its building project into the second phase ...

Many academic planners assumed that the coming of the Internet would lead to the decline of the library as we know it. To the contrary, many academic libraries have experienced significantly increased ...

NORRISTOWN — The architectural firm selected by the Montgomery County Commissioners to design the rebuild of the Montgomery County – Norristown Public Library will join county and library officials in ...

Task and design concept: Four-in-One with "collection, exhibition, reading, and enjoyment." After on-site investigation, the architect put forward the idea of planning and transforming the library and ...

As architecture has evolved to include advanced building envelopes, innovative structural systems, and hybrid programs, new boundaries have been drawn. Sustainable practices and passive strategies ...