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Studio Joseph and Shawmut have a nearly $31M assignment to build one of the first public buildings in New York City using the material. 

An adaptive reuse project saw an aging mid-century civic building transformed into a learning hub with a sustainable community-centered design. <

Construction of the $450-million structure in a harsh, irregular landscape is one challenge faced by the team building the library and museum on a 93-acre site in Medora, N.D., just west of the Burning Hills Amphitheater and adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

The $3.5-million La Conner Swinomish Library honors the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s culture as well as the history of the town of La Conner.

Announced by President Joe Biden Sept. 28 at the Tempe Center for the Arts, the McCain National Library at Arizona State University will honor the life and legacy of Sen. John McCain.

Viby’s new library and cultural center was designed “to feel like a living room” for the small Danish town about 40 km west of Copenhagen, according to its architect.

This 14,000-sq-ft library conjoins media and technology with traditional book-loaning services to serve a diverse user demographic.

Goals for this library included integrating collections from two older branches into an inviting, accessible and sustainable 21st-century facility that better meets the demands of its growing service area.

The Adams Street branch is the first new library built in Brooklyn since 1983 and the first branch constructed in the DUMBO neighborhood—the result of dozens of meetings with community members aimed at providing new resources for the area and fostering civic literacy.

Inspired by the great Beaux Arts civic institutions constructed over 100 years ago, the overall intent with the Riverside Main Library was to create a civic gathering spot in a modern vocabulary that honors the diversity, resiliency and future of the region.