Government/Public Building, Award of Merit: Vickery Park Branch Library
This $6.7-million, 18,000-sq-ft library required the project team to make extensive modifications to achieve a curved design—all while working with materials that were not intended to bend along a curve.
Materials have different fabrication tolerances, but it was necessary to tie them all in together to form a complete and cohesive structure. The sheet-metal gravel guard that extended around the edge of the canopy and high roof had to be adjusted from the original design to limit the amount of bends in the sheet metal pieces so that they could curve around the building.