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| AIA announces winners of 2007 Library Awards  The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the nine recipients of the 2007 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. Biennially, representatives from the AIA and the American Library Association (ALA) gather to celebrate the finest examples of library design by architects licensed in the U.S. The 2007 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards honor nine separate projects, ranging in size from a public elementary school library to a presidential library.The winners are: Robin Hood Foundation Library for P.S. 192, New York City, by Gluckman Mayner Architects; Desert Broom Branch Library for the City of Phoenix, Engineering and Architectural Services Dept., Phoenix, by richärd + bauer architecture; Shunde Library for the City Construction and Development Center of Shunde District, Foshan, China, by P&T Architects and Engineers Ltd; Ballard Library and Neighborhood Service Center for the Seattle Public Library, Seattle, by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Santa Monica College Library Expansion & Renovation, for Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA, by CO Architects; David Bishop Skillman Library for Lafayette College, Easton, PA, by Ann Beha Architects; William J. Clinton Presidential Center for the William J. Clinton Foundation, Little Rock, Ark, by Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP; Fleet Library for the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, by Office dA; La Grande Bibliothéque, for the Bibliothéque et Archives nationales du Québec, Montreal, by Patkau / Croft-Pelletier / Menkés Shooner Dagenais Architectes Associés. The recipients will be recognized at the 2007 annual ALA conference in Washington, D.C. June 22-26. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |